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| ''The Nature of Middle Earth'' is a collection of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s works, published posthumously and edited by [[Carl F. Hostetter]].
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| It also features some unpublished writings post-''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', and taps into the time and space of Middle Earth, lifestyles, free will,<ref name="an elf friend">[https://anelffriend.com/resources/ Resources], An Elf Friend.</ref> elvish reincarnation, <ref name="New Tolkien Book: The Nature of Middle Earth">[https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2020/11/new-tolkien-book-the-nature-of-middle-earth/ New Tolkien Book: The Nature of Middle Earth], Tolkien Society.</ref> and how they are related to his mythology.
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| == Contents ==
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| * Foreword
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| * Editorial Practices
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| * Abbreviations and Conventions
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| '''Part One: Time and Ageing'''
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| * Introduction
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| * The Valian Year
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| * Valinorian Time-Divisions
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| * Of Time in Arda
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| * Time-scales
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| * Natural Youth and Growth of the Quendi
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| * The Awaking of the Quendi
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| * The March of the Quendi
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| * Eldarin Traditions Concerning the "Awakening"
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| * Time-scales and Rates of Growth
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| * Difficulties in Chronology
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| * Ageing of Elves
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| * Concerning the Quendi in their Mode of Life and Growth
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| * Key Dates
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| * Calculation of the Increase of the Quendi
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| * A Generational Scheme
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| * Note on the Youth and Growth of the Quendi
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| * Generational Schemes
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| * Elvish Ages and Reincarnation
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| * Elvish Life-cycles
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| * Time and its Perception
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| * Notes on Elvish Time-reference
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| * A Fragment from ''The Annals of Aman''
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| * A Fragment from ''The Grey Annals''
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| '''Part Two: Body, Mind and Spirit'''
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| * Introduction
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| * Beauty and Goodness
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| * Gender and Sex
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| * Eldarin Hands, Fingers, and Numerals
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| * Hair
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| * Beards
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| * Descriptions of Characters
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| * Mind-pictures
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| * Knowledge and Memory
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| * ''ósanwe-kenta''
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| * Notes on ''órë''
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| * Fate and Free Will
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| * The Knowledge of the Valar
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| * Spirit
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| * The Visible Forms of the Valar and Maiar
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| * Elvish Reincarnation
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| * From ''The Statute of Finwë and Míriel''
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| * Death
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| '''Part Three: The World, Its Lands, and Its Inhabitants
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| * Introduction
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| * Dark and Light
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| * The Primal Impulse
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| * Powers of the Valar
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| * The Making of Lembas
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| * Note on Elvish Economy
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| * Dwellings in Middle-earth
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| * The Founding of Nargothrond
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| * Manwë's Ban
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| * Elvish Journeys on Horseback
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| * Rider to "The White Rider"
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| * Lives of the Númenóreans
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| * The Ageing of Númenóreans
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| * Of the Land and Beasts of Númenor
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| * Note on the Consumption of Mushrooms
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| * The Númenorean Catastrophe & End of "Physical" Aman
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| * Galadriel and Celeborn
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| * Silvan Elves and Silvan Elvish
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| * Note on the Delay of Gil-galad and the Númenóreans
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| * Note on Dwarvish Voices
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| * Note on the Dwarf Road
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| * From ''The Hunt for the Ring''
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| * The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor
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| '''Appendices'''
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| * Metaphysical and Theological Themes
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| * Glossary and Index of Quenya Terms
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| * Index
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| == References ==
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| <references/>
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