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Revision 14 . . (edit) December 18, 2001 8:27 am by Matthew Woodcraft [Sign last addition]
Revision 13 . . December 18, 2001 8:27 am by Matthew Woodcraft [Dislike 'middle earth' as a general term to cover Tolkien's imaginings]
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Revision 11 . . November 27, 2001 3:23 am by Uriyan
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Revision 9 . . November 27, 2001 1:00 am by Uriyan [Question about the articles at JRR Tolkien]
Revision 8 . . November 9, 2001 11:37 am by Xaonon [Comment]
  

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Yes, 'middangeard' occurs half a dozen times in Beowulf. I think 'Middle-earth' is a poor choice as an overarching handle for Tolkien's creations. I don't think he often used the term for that purpose, and his principal editor (Christopher) tends to avoid it except when using it to refer to the geographical region properly so named. Much of Tolkien's writing covered events which took place outside Middle-earth itself. A page like [[Middle Earth -- Valar]], for example, would seem rather out of place.
--Matthew Woodcraft

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