“Éowyn It Was, And Dernhelm Also”: Reading The ‘Wild Shieldmaiden’ Through A Queer Lens., 2024 Signum University
“Éowyn It Was, And Dernhelm Also”: Reading The ‘Wild Shieldmaiden’ Through A Queer Lens., Sara Brown
Journal of Tolkien Research
The Éowyn we first meet in 'The Two Towers' is a woman who has been traumatised by the loss of her parents at a young age, the recent loss of her cousin Théodred, the apparent weakening of her uncle Théoden, and her inability to escape the lascivious gaze of Wormtongue. Marginalised by her gender and by social expectation, her desire to find purpose in her life as a shieldmaiden is repeatedly thwarted. Seeking to reclaim control over her life and to make her own choices, she rides out with the Rohirrim not as Éowyn, but as Dernhelm.
Past scholars have …
Beyond "His Native Town": Travel And Alienation In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, 2024 Mississippi State University
Beyond "His Native Town": Travel And Alienation In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Erin G. Quinn
Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism
Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein features a surprisingly extensive variety of locations through which Victor Frankenstein travels, ranging from the vibrant cities of London and Oxford to the isolated Orkney islands and Arctic lands. Scholars have analyzed the roles which some of these settings, namely, the Alps and the Arctic, play in the novel, and many have noted the importance of travel to the text. However, little scholarship exists assessing how Victor’s travels as a whole impact him, as well as their collective purpose within the story. Given the prominence of travel in Shelley’s text, as well as the fact …
“Creating And Maintaining Black Life-Worlds”: The Black Aesthetics Of Bernardine Evaristo’S Blonde Roots And Girl, Woman, Other, 2024 Birkbeck, University of London
“Creating And Maintaining Black Life-Worlds”: The Black Aesthetics Of Bernardine Evaristo’S Blonde Roots And Girl, Woman, Other, Sharanya Dg
Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism
Black Aesthetics is the philosophical inquiry into the objects and practices of expressions coming from people who have been racialized as black. These expressive practices then lend to the creation of the life-worlds of people subjected to racist discourses. One such author in the contemporary English society, Bernadine Evaristo, responds to anti-black racist discourses by exploring the cultural plurality of British black life-worlds. This paper is a textual and formal analysis of two experimental novels of Evaristo to study how they distinctly present the quotidian lives of various characters in their racialised bodies to reflect on the sociocultural and political …
Tolkien: Uomo, Professore, Autore (2023), 2024 Apulian Theological Faculty of Bari, Italy
Tolkien: Uomo, Professore, Autore (2023), Ivano Sassanelli
Journal of Tolkien Research
Book review, by Ivano Sassanelli, of Tolkien: Uomo, Professore, Autore (2023)
Tolkien And The Relation Between Sub-Creation And Reality (2023), Edited By Guiseppe Pezzini And Eden O'Brien, 2024 The Hill School, emeritus
Tolkien And The Relation Between Sub-Creation And Reality (2023), Edited By Guiseppe Pezzini And Eden O'Brien, John Wm. Houghton
Journal of Tolkien Research
Book review, by John Wm. Houghton, of Tolkien and the Relation between Sub-Creation and Reality (2023), edited by Guiseppe Pezzini and Eden O'Brien
Sauron: Weirdly Sexy, 2024 Texas State University
Sauron: Weirdly Sexy, Robert T. Tally Jr.
Journal of Tolkien Research
A popular meme depict Galadriel and Frodo admitting that Sauron is "weirdly sexy," a humorous allusion to The Rings of Power’s Halbrand. The show's controversial revelation of Halbrand as Sauron highlights the differences between Tolkien’s construction of Second and Third Age Sauron as an attractive or admirable leader compared to Peter Jackson’s portrayal of him as a monster or disembodied fiery eyeball. This, in turn, has implications for the geopolitical order of Middle-earth in which many people legitimately might wish to be on Sauron’s side. Acknowledging Sauron's "sexiness" may allow us to see Tolkien's world system in a new …
Miscellaneous, 2024 Scottsdale Presbyterian Church
Miscellaneous, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
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Review Of Further Up And Further In, 2024 Scottsdale, Arizona
Review Of Further Up And Further In, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Further Up and Further In. Written and performed by Max McLean. Phoenix, AZ: Herberger Theater, 18 March 2023.
Review Of Bareface, 2024 George Fox University
Review Of Bareface, David Bates
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of C. S. Lewis, Bareface (Proposed title for Till We Have Faces). Produced by Ballet 5:8. Choreography and Lighting by Julianna Rubio Slager. Costumes by Lorianne Robertson. Props by Sarah L. Freeman. Chicago, United States: Harris Theatre, 22 April 2023.
Review Of The Nature Of Middle-Earth, 2024 Signum University
Review Of The Nature Of Middle-Earth, Brenton D.G. Dickieson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of J. R. R. Tolkien, The Nature of Middle-earth, ed. by Carl Hostetter (New York: Mariner Books, 2021). 464 pages, including appendices and index. $32.00. ISBN 9780358454601.
Review Of A Narnian Vision Of The Atonement: A Defense Of The Ransom Theory, 2024 Arizona State University
Review Of A Narnian Vision Of The Atonement: A Defense Of The Ransom Theory, William Gentrup
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Charles Taliaferro, A Narnian Vision of the Atonement: A Defense of the Ransom Theory (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022). 134 pages. $37.00. ISBN 9781666796537.
Review Of The Lion's Country: C.S. Lewis's Theory Of The Real, 2024 Lee University
Review Of The Lion's Country: C.S. Lewis's Theory Of The Real, David N. Beckmann
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Charlie W. Starr, The Lion’s Country: C. S. Lewis’s Theory of the Real (Kent, OH; Kent State University Press, 2022). 132 pages. $18.95. ISBN 9781606354537.
Review Of The Man Born To Be King: Wade Annotated Edition, 2024 Wheaton, Illinois
Review Of The Man Born To Be King: Wade Annotated Edition, Barbara L. Prescott
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Dorothy L. Sayers, The Man Born to Be King: Wade Annotated Edition, ed. by Kathryn Wehr (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2023). 464 pages. $43.49. ISBN 9781514005330.
Review Of C.S. Lewis In America: Readings And Reception, 1935-1947, 2024 George Fox University
Review Of C.S. Lewis In America: Readings And Reception, 1935-1947, Gina Dalfonzo
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Mark Noll, C. S. Lewis in America: Readings and Reception, 1935 –1947 (Donovan Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2023). 176 pages. $20.00. ISBN 9781514007006.
Review Of Mere Evangelism, 2024 Emory and Henry College
Review Of Mere Evangelism, Monique Stam
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Randy Newman, Mere Evangelism, (Charlotte, NC: The Good Book Company, 2021). 160 pages. $16.99. ISBN 9781784986445.
Review Of The Case For Aslan: Evidence For Jesus In The Land Of Narnia, 2024 Northwind Theological Seminary
Review Of The Case For Aslan: Evidence For Jesus In The Land Of Narnia, Brian C. Roden
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of David Marshall, The Case for Aslan: Evidence for Jesus in the Land of Narnia (Tampa, FL: DeWard Publishing Company, 2022). 219 pages. $14.99. ISBN 9781947929210.
Review Of Inkling, Historian, Soldier, And Brother: A Life Of Warren Hamilton Lewis, 2024 Northwind Theological Seminary
Review Of Inkling, Historian, Soldier, And Brother: A Life Of Warren Hamilton Lewis, Crystal Hurd
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Don King, Inkling, Historian, Soldier, and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2023). 193 pages, including Epilogue, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. $45.00. ISBN 9781606354506.
Review Of The Abolition Of Man: The Deluxe Edition, 2024 Morehead State University
Review Of The Abolition Of Man: The Deluxe Edition, John Stanifer
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Carson Grubaugh, Midjourney AI, Sean Michael Robinson, and Luciano Floridi, The Abolition of Man: The Deluxe Edition (St. Paul, Minnesota: Living the Line, 2023). 228 pages, including an Afterword to each issue and essays. $35.00. ISBN 9781736860571.
Review Of The Major And The Missionary: The Letters Of Warren Hamilton Lewis And Blanche Biggs, 2024 Northwind Theological Seminary
Review Of The Major And The Missionary: The Letters Of Warren Hamilton Lewis And Blanche Biggs, Crystal Hurd
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Diana Glyer, ed., The Major and the Missionary: The Letters of Warren Hamilton Lewis and Blanche Biggs (Nashville: Rabbit Room Press, 2023). 277 pages, including “Afterword” and Index. $18.00. ISBN 9781951872205.
Review Of The Chronicles Of Transformation: A Spiritual Journey With C.S. Lewis, 2024 George Fox University
Review Of The Chronicles Of Transformation: A Spiritual Journey With C.S. Lewis, Josiah Peterson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Leonard J. DeLorenzo, ed. The Chronicles of Transformation: A Spiritual Journey with C.S. Lewis (San Francisco: Ignatius, 2022). 251 pages. $17.95. ISBN 9781621645351.