Númenor and the “Devouring Wave”: Literary, Historical, and Psychological Sources for Tolkien’s Self-Described “Atlantis Complex”

Authors

Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow

Abstract

Invited talk delivered to the Hobbit Society at the Honors College of the University of New Mexico on February 10, 2016, expanded from a keynote address delivered at the Tolkien Conference of the University of Vermont on April 15, 2014.

Recommended Citation

Larsen, Kristine (2020) "Númenor and the “Devouring Wave”: Literary, Historical, and Psychological Sources for Tolkien’s Self-Described “Atlantis Complex”," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 11: Iss. 2, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol11/iss2/5