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After Tolkien's death, his son [[Christopher Tolkien|Christopher]] published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. These, together with ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'', form a connected body of tales, [[Poetry in The Lord of the Rings|poems]], fictional histories, [[Languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien|invented languages]], and literary essays about a fantasy world called [[Arda (Middle-earth)|Arda]] and, within it, [[Middle-earth]]. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term ''[[Tolkien's legendarium|legendarium]]'' to the larger part of these writings.
 
While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the greattremendous success of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' led directly toignited [[worksHistory inspired by J. R. R.of fantasy#Tolkien|a popularprofound resurgenceinterest ofin the fantasy genre]] and ultimately precipitated an avalanche of new fantasy books and authors. As a result, he has been popularly identified as the "father" of [[Fantasy#Modern fantasy|modern fantasy literature]]—or, more precisely, of high fantasy, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time.
 
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