Cormarë Series

 
The books of the Cormarë Series collect papers of non-fictional writing on Tolkien and his world.

To date, 28 books have been published.

Short list (below), more detailed list (here).

Tolkien's Poetry.
Julian Eilmann & Allan Turner :
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Sub-creating Middle-earth – Constructions of Authorship and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien:
see contents, read abstracts.

The Broken Scythe:
Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien .
Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi (editors) :
read abstract, see reviews.

Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers .
Renée Vink :
read abstract, see reviews.

Tolkien and Wagner:
The Ring and Der Ring .
Christopher MacLachlan :
read abstract, see reviews.

Hobbit Place-names: A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire .
Rainer Nagel :
read abstract, see reviews.

The Loss and the Silence: Aspects of Modernism in the Works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & Charles Williams .
Margaret Hiley :
read abstract, see reviews.

The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien .
Liam Campbell :
read abstract, see reviews.

Music in Middle-earth .
Heidi Steimel and Friedhelm Schneidewind (editors) :
read abstract, see reviews.

Tolkien's View:
Windows into his World.
J.S. Ryan:
read abstract, see reviews.

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration :
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

Tolkien's Shorter Works:
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition.
Martin Simonson:
read abstract, see reviews.

The Silmarillion: 30 years on.
Allan Turner:
read abstract, see reviews.

Myth and Magic:
Art according to the Inklings:
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

How We Became Middle-earth.
Adam Lam & Nataliya Oryshchuk:
read abstract, see reviews.

Inside Language.
Ross Smith:
read abstract.

Roots and Branches.
Tom Shippey :
read abstract, see reviews.

Tolkien and Modernity 2:
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

Tolkien and Modernity 1:
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

Reconsidering Tolkien:
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Christopher Garbowski:
read abstract.

Translating Tolkien: Text and Film:
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

Tolkien Through Russian Eyes .
Mark T. Hooker :
read abstract.

Tolkien in Translation :
see contents, read abstracts, see reviews.

Four Christian Fantasists: A Study of the Fantastic Writings of George MacDonald, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Richard Sturch: read abstract, reviews

Root and Branch - Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien: see contents, read abstracts, reviews

News from the Shire and Beyond - Studies on Tolkien: see contents, read abstracts

See also publications planned

More details on these books are listed below.

 
Tolkien's Poetry

221 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2013, Cormarë No 28, ISBN 978-3-905703-28-3

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Sub-creating Middle-earth – Constructions of Authorship and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

The One or the Many?
Authorship, Voice and Corpus :
Dirk Vanderbeke & Allan Turner . (read abstract)

Tolkien's Triple Balance:
A Redemptive Model of Heroism for the Twentieth Century :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

Tolkien's 'Strange Powers of the Mind':
Dreams, Visionary History and Authorship :
Judith Klinger . (read abstract)

(Re)Authoring History:
Tolkien and Postcolonialism :
Margaret Hiley . (read abstract)

One Author to Rule Them All :
Patrick A. Brückner . (read abstract)

The Chronicle Without an Author:
History, Myth and Narration in Tolkien's Legendarium :
Cécile Cristofari . (read abstract)

209 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2012, Cormarë No 27, Editor: Judith Klinger , ISBN 978-3-905703-27-6

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The Broken Scythe:
Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Broken Scythe:
Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien :
Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi (editors) . (read abstract)

256 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2012, Cormarë No 26, ISBN 978-3-905703-26-9

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Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers

Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers :
Renée Vink . (read abstract)

300 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2012, Cormarë No 25, ISBN 978-3-905703-25-2

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Tolkien and Wagner:
The Ring and Der Ring

Tolkien and Wagner:
The Ring and Der Ring :
Christopher MacLachlan . (read abstract)

240 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2012, Cormarë No 24, ISBN 978-3-905703-21-4

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Hobbit Place-names: A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire

Hobbit Place-names: A Linguistic Excursion through the Shire :
Rainer Nagel . (read abstract)

302 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2012, Cormarë No 23, ISBN 978-3-905703-22-1

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The Loss and the Silence: Aspects of Modernism in the Works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & Charles Williams

The Loss and the Silence: Aspects of Modernism in the Works of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien & Charles Williams :
Margaret Hiley . (read abstract)

256 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2011, Cormarë No 22, ISBN 978-3-905703-19-1

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The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien

The Ecological Augury in the Works of JRR Tolkien :
Liam Campbell . (read abstract)

305 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2011, Cormarë No 21, ISBN 978-3-905703-18-4

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Music in Middle-earth

Music in Middle-earth :
Heidi Steimel and Friedhelm Schneidewind (editors) . (read abstract)

311 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2010, Cormarë No 20, ISBN 978-3-905703-14-6

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Tolkien's View:
Windows into his World

Tolkien's View:
Windows into his World:
J.S. Ryan. (read abstract)

286 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2009, Cormarë No 19, ISBN 978-3-905703-13-9

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Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration :
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Tolkien, Exeter College and the Great War :
John Garth . (read abstract)

The Word as Leaf:
Perspectives on Tolkien as Lexicographer and Philologist :
Peter Gilliver, Edmund Weiner, and Jeremy Marshall . (read abstract)

Gilson, Smith, and Baggins :
Verlyn Flieger . (read abstract)

Enchantment in Tolkien and Middle-earth :
Patrick Curry . (read abstract)

From Vico to Tolkien:
The Affirmation of Myth Against the Tyranny of Reason :
Marek Oziewicz . (read abstract)

Frodo or Zarathustra:
Beyond Nihilism in Tolkien and Nietzsche :
Peter M. Candler, Jr. . (read abstract)

Morals Makyth Man – and Hobbit :
Leon Pereira OP . (read abstract)

Tolkien, Chesterton, and Thomism :
Alison Milbank . (read abstract)

The Influence of Holiness:
The Healing Power of Tolkien's Narrative :
Guglielmo Spirito OFM Conv. . (read abstract)

Tolkien's Project :
Stratford Caldecott . (read abstract)

248 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2008, Cormarë No 18, Editor: Stratford Caldecott and Thomas Honegger , ISBN 978-3-905703-12-2

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Tolkien's Shorter Works

Tolkien's Shorter Works :
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Introduction :
Margaret Hiley & Frank Weinreich . (read abstract)

"Tom Bombadil": Poetry and Accretion :
Allan Turner . (read abstract)

Speaking With Animals:
A Desire that Lies Near the Heart of Faërie :
Guglielmo Spirito OFM Conv. (Assisi) . (read abstract)

Setting Things Right in Farmer Giles of Ham and the Lord of the Rings:
Tolkien’s Conception of Justice :
Marek Oziewicz . (read abstract)

The Rout of the King: Tolkien’s Readings on Arthurian Kingship – Farmer Giles of Ham and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth :
Vincent Ferré . (read abstract)

Farmer Giles of Ham:
the Prototype of a Humorous Dragon Story :
Friedhelm Schneidewind . (read abstract)

"... Until the Dragon Comes":
Tolkien’s Dragon-Motif as Poetological Concept :
Patrick Brückner . (read abstract)

Theology and Fairy-Stories:
A Theological Reading of Tolkien’s Shorter Works? :
Thomas Fornet-Ponse . (read abstract)

The "Meaning" of Leaf by Niggle :
Betrand Alliot . (read abstract)

The Autobiographical Tolkien :
Heidi Steimel . (read abstract)

Leaf by Tolkien?
Allegory and Biography in Tolkien’s Literary Theory and Practice :
Fabian Geier . (read abstract)

Redefining the Romantic Hero: a Reading of Smith of Wootton Major in the Light of Ludwig Tieck's Der Runenberg :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

Smith of Wootton Major, "The Sea-Bell" and Lothlórien:
Tolkien and the Perils of Faërie :
Maria Raffaella Benvenuto . (read abstract)

A Star Above the Mast:
Tolkien, Faërie and the Great Escape :
Anna E. Slack . (read abstract)

Journeys in the Dark :
Margaret Hiley . (read abstract)

Smith of Wootton Major Considered as a Religious Text :
Martin Sternberg . (read abstract)

Metaphysics of Myth:
The Platonic Ontology of "Mythopoeia" :
Frank Weinreich . (read abstract)

352 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2008, Cormarë No 17, Editor: Margaret Hiley & Frank Weinreich , ISBN 978-3-905703-11-5

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The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition

The Lord of the Rings and the Western Narrative Tradition:
Martin Simonson. (read abstract)

243 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2008, Cormarë No 16, ISBN 978-3-905703-09-2

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The Silmarillion: 30 years on

The Silmarillion: 30 years on :
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176 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 15, ISBN 978-3-905703-10-8

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Myth and Magic:
Art according to the Inklings

Recovering the “Utterly Alien Land”:
Tolkien and Transcendentalism :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

New Learning and New Ignorance:
Magia, Goeteia, and the Inklings :
Tom Shippey . (read abstract)

Words for Magic: goetia, gûl and lúth :
Dieter Bachmann . (read abstract)

When is a Fairy Story a Faërie Story?
Smith of Wootton Major :
Verlyn Flieger . (read abstract)

Myth, Fact and Incarnation :
Colin Duriez . (read abstract)

Iron Crown, Iron Cage:
Tolkien and Weber on Modernity and Enchantment :
Patrick Curry . (read abstract)

A Mythology for England?
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Lewis’s View of Myth
as a Conveyer of Deepest Truth :
Devin Brown . (read abstract)

‘A Kind of Orpheus-Legend in Reverse’:
Two Classical Myths in the Story of Beren and Lúthien :
Miryam Librán-Moreno . (read abstract)

A Monster that Matters: Tolkien’s Grendel Revisited :
Eugenio M. Olivares-Merino . (read abstract)

A Tale as Old as Time, Freshly Told Anew:
Love and Sacrifice in Tolkien, Lewis and Rowling :
Margarita Carretero-González . (read abstract)

The Hidden Meanings of the Name ‘Ransom’:
Strange Philology and ‘Contradiction’ in C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy :
Fernando J. Soto and Marta García de la Puerta . (read abstract)

‘As Under a Green Sea’:
Visions of War in the Dead Marshes :
John Garth . (read abstract)

Leaf by Niggle and the Aesthetics of Gift:
Towards a Definition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Notion of Art :
Eduardo Segura . (read abstract)

352 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 14, Editor: Eduardo Segura & Thomas Honegger , ISBN 978-3-905703-08-5

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How We Became Middle-earth

How We Became Middle-earth :
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460 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 13, ISBN 978-3-905703-07-8

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Inside Language

Inside Language:
Ross Smith. (read abstract)

175 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Second edition 2011, Cormarë No 12, ISBN 978-3-905703-20-7

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Roots and Branches

Roots and Branches:
Tom Shippey . (read abstract)

417 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2007, Cormarë No 11, ISBN 978-3-905703-05-4

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Tolkien and Modernity 2

Introduction :
Frank Weinreich & Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Tolkien on Love
Concepts of ‘Love’ in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings :
Patrick Brueckner . (read abstract)

The Lord of the Rings and ‘Late Style’:
Tolkien, Adorno and Said :
Margaret Hiley . (read abstract)

An Introduction to the Dynamics of the Intertraditional Dialogue in The Lord of the Rings:
Aragorn’s Heroic Evolution :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

Slow-Kindled Courage.
A Study of Heroes in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien :
Anna Slack . (read abstract)

Hidden Paths of Time:
March 13th and the Riddles of Shelob’s Lair :
Judith Klinger . (read abstract)

The Passing of the Elves and the Arrival of Modernity:
Tolkien’s ‘Mythical Method’ :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

The Shaping of ‘Reality’ in Tolkien’s Works:
An Aspect of Tolkien and Modernity :
Heidi Krueger (translated by Heidi Steimel) . (read abstract)

279 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2006, Cormarë No 10, Editor: Thomas Honegger and Frank Weinreich, ISBN 978-3-905703-03-0

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Tolkien and Modernity 1

Introduction :
Frank Weinreich & Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Tolkien: A Man of his Time? :
Anna Vaninskaya . (read abstract)

Against Stereotype:
Éowyn and Lúthien as 20th-Century Women :
Maria Raffaella Benvenuto . (read abstract)

Politically Incorrect:
Tolkien, Women, and Feminism :
Laura Michel . (read abstract)

J.R.R. Tolkien:
A Simplicity Between the "Truly Earthy" and the "Absolutely Modern" :
Bertrand Alliot . (read abstract)

The Maker's Will Fulfilled? :
Jessica Burke & Anthony Burdge . (read abstract)

Brief Considerations on Determinism in Reality and Fiction :
Frank Weinreich . (read abstract)

"Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes"
The Perennial Modernity of Free Will :
Jason Fisher . (read abstract)

Freedom and Providence as Anti-Modern Elements? :
Thomas Fornet-Ponse . (read abstract)

Democracy in Middle-earth:
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from a Socio-Political Perspective :
Alexander van de Bergh . (read abstract)

t.b.d. pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2006, Cormarë No 9, Editor: Thomas Honegger and Frank Weinreich, ISBN 978-3-905703-02-3

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Reconsidering Tolkien

Reconsidering the Linguistics of Middle-earth:
Invented Languages and Other Linguistic Features in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings :
Marion Gymnich . (read abstract)

Tolkien as Philo-Logist :
Eduardo Segura and Guillermo Peris . (read abstract)

Tolkien Through the Eyes of a Mediaevalist :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

Thoughts on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and History :
Paul E. Kerry . (read abstract)

The Knife, the Sting and the Tooth:
Manifestations of Shadow in The Lord of the Rings :
Natasa Tucev . (read abstract)

Mythic Space in Tolkien's Work
(The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion) :
Jean-Christophe Dufau . (read abstract)

Language, Lore and Learning in The Lord of the Rings :
Dirk Vanderbeke . (read abstract)

The Lord of the Rings in the Wake of the Great War:
War, Poetry, Modernism, and Ironic Myth :
Martin Simonson . (read abstract)

'A Man, lean, dark, tall':
Aragorn Seen Through Different Media :
Connie Veugen . (read abstract)

209 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2005, Cormarë No 8, Editor: Thomas Honegger, ISBN 978-3-905703-00-9

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Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

Recovery and Transcendence for the Contemporary Mythmaker: The Spiritual Dimension in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien:
Christopher Garbowski. (read abstract)

209 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2004, Cormarë No 7, ISBN 978-3-9521424-8-6

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Translating Tolkien: Text and Film

The Westron Turned into Modern English:
The Translator and Tolkien's Web of Languages :
Thomas Honegger . (read abstract)

"The New One Wants to Assimilate the Alien."
Different Interpretatons of a Source Text as a Reason for Controversy: The 'Old' and the 'New' German Translation of The Lord of the Rings :
Rainer Nagel . (read abstract)

The Israeli Translation Controversy -
What About and Where To? :
Danny Orbach (with contributions by Yuval Kfir and Yuval Welis) . (read abstract)

Estne Tolkien Latine Reddendus?
A Light-Hearted Look at Some of the Challenges :
Richard Sturch . (read abstract)

Dutch Samizdat:
The Mensink - van Warmelo Translation of The Lord of the Rings :
Mark T. Hooker . (read abstract)

The Treatment of Proper Names in the German Edition(s) of The Lord of the Rings as an Example of Norms in Translation Practice :
Rainer Nagel . (read abstract)

Tolkien in Swedish Translation:
from Hompen to Ringarnas herre :
Anders Stentström . (read abstract)

Tolkien, Our Judge of Peter Jackson :
Vincent Ferré . (read abstract)

Humiliated Heroes:
Peter Jackson's Interpretation of The Lord of the Rings :
Anthony S. Burdge & Jessica Burke . (read abstract)

The Adaptation of The Lord of the Rings
A Critical Comment :
Øystein Høgset . (read abstract)

The Professor and the Director and Good vs. Evil in Middle-earth :
James Dunning . (read abstract)

The Soundtrack Lyrics of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings -
A Legitimate 'Translation' of Tolkien? :
Alexandra Velten . (read abstract)

238 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2004, Second edition 2011, Cormarë No 6, Editor: Thomas Honegger , ISBN 978-3-905703-16-0

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Tolkien Through Russian Eyes

Tolkien Through Russian Eyes :
Mark T. Hooker . (read abstract)

304 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2003 , Cormarë No 5, ISBN 978-3-9521424-7-9

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Tolkien in Translation

A Question of Style: On Translating The Silmarillion into Norwegian :
Nils Ivar Agøy . (read abstract)

Begging your pardon, Con el perdón de usted
Some Socio-Linguistic Features in The Lord of the Rings in English and Spanish :
Sandra Bayona . (read abstract)

Traduire Tolkien en français:
On the Translation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Works into French and their Reception in France :
Vincent Ferré, Daniel Lauzon, David Riggs. . (read abstract)

Nine Russian Translations of The Lord of the Rings. :
Mark T. Hooker. . (read abstract)

The Treatment of Names in Esperanto Translations of Tolkien's Works. :
Arden R. Smith. . (read abstract)

A Theoretical Model for Tolkien Translation Criticism. :
Allan Turner. . (read abstract)

152 pages , Walking Tree Publishers 2003, Second edition 2011, Cormarë No 4, Editor: Thomas Honegger , ISBN 978-3-905703-15-3

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Four Christian Fantasists: A Study of the Fantastic Writings of George MacDonald, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Richard Sturch

132 pages, Walking Tree Publishers 2001, Cormarë Series No. 3, ISBN: 3-9521424-2-3.

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Root and Branch - Approaches towards Understanding Tolkien

The Monster, the Critics, and the Public : Literary Criticism after the Poll. Thomas Honegger.

The Man in the Moon : Structural Depth in Tolkien. Thomas Honegger. (read abstract)

Tolkien and his Critics : A Critique. Patrick Curry. (read abstract)

Re-enchanting Nature : Some Magic Links between Margaret Atwood and J.R.R. Tolkien. Christina Ljungberg Stuecklin. (read abstract)

179 pages,12 illustrations, Walking Tree Publishers 1999, Cormarë Series No. 2, ISBN: 3-9521424-1-7.

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News from the Shire and Beyond - Studies on Tolkien

Tolkien Studies : News from the Shire and Beyond Indeed. Peter Buchs and Thomas Honegger.

The Speech of the Individual and of the Community in The Lord of the Rings. Nils-Lennart Johanneson. (read abstract)

From Bag End to Lorien : the Creation of a Literary World.Thomas Honegger. (read abstract)

Middle Earth : The Collectible Card Game - Powerplay in the World of Tolkien. Patrick Näf. (read abstract)

Middle-earth : the Wizards - the Representation of Tolkien's World in Game. Peter Buchs. (read abstract)

?? pages, 2 illustrations and 6 maps, Walking Tree Publishers 1997, Cormarë Series No. 1, ISBN: 3-9521424-0-9.

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