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Editor's Notes, Glen Goodknight Dec 1986

Editor's Notes, Glen Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.


Tolkien And Old Germanic Ethics, Robert Boenig Dec 1986

Tolkien And Old Germanic Ethics, Robert Boenig

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Claims the “idea that a warrior must die with his lord in battle is one of the most important moral injunctions among the various Germanic peoples.” Uses this theme to examine Tolkien’s work for his reworking of the Old Germanic ethic into a Christian perspective.


The Figure Of Beatrice In The Works Of Charles Williams, Judith Kollmann Dec 1986

The Figure Of Beatrice In The Works Of Charles Williams, Judith Kollmann

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Keynote address, Mythcon 17. Notes the importance of the figure of Beatrice to Williams, and reviews his use of Beatrician figures in his novels and poems.


Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics: The Languages Of Middle-Earth (Part Ii), Paul Nolan Hyde Dec 1986

Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics: The Languages Of Middle-Earth (Part Ii), Paul Nolan Hyde

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other.


A Centennial Retrospective On Charles Williams, David Bratman, Judith Kollmann, Bernadette Bosky, David Samuelson, Richard L. Purtill, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Amy Falkowitz, Antoinette Brenion, Christopher Henrich, Alexei Kondratiev, Fred Williams, Paul Nolan Hyde, Gracia Fay Ellwood, Randolph Fritz, Thomas Clareson, Wendell Wagner, Joe Christopher, Edith Crowe Dec 1986

A Centennial Retrospective On Charles Williams, David Bratman, Judith Kollmann, Bernadette Bosky, David Samuelson, Richard L. Purtill, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Amy Falkowitz, Antoinette Brenion, Christopher Henrich, Alexei Kondratiev, Fred Williams, Paul Nolan Hyde, Gracia Fay Ellwood, Randolph Fritz, Thomas Clareson, Wendell Wagner, Joe Christopher, Edith Crowe

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Edited transcript of a panel discussion (including audience contributions) at the 17th Mythopoeic Society Conference.


Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev Dec 1986

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.


Gondolin, Minas Tirith And The Eucatastrophe, Lisa Anne Mende Dec 1986

Gondolin, Minas Tirith And The Eucatastrophe, Lisa Anne Mende

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Compares the tragic end of Gondolin with the eucatastrophic rescue of Minas Tirith. Similarly, other tales in The Silmarillion end tragically while parallel stories in Lord of the Rings have happier resolutions


Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan Dec 1986

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals, together with the earliest 'Silmarillion' and the First Map. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The 1987 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar. Illustrated by Alan Lee, Roger Garland, Ted Nasmith and John Howe. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Dragons of Light. Ace Books. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

Dragons of Darkness. Ace Books. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

The Stars and the Stillness: A Portrait of George MacDonald. Kathy Triggs. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.


The Song Of Marian The Goddess, Joe R. Christopher Dec 1986

The Song Of Marian The Goddess, Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.


Wentworth In The Garden Of Gomorrah: A Study Of The Anima In Descent Into Hell, Colleen Warren Dec 1986

Wentworth In The Garden Of Gomorrah: A Study Of The Anima In Descent Into Hell, Colleen Warren

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Views Wentworth’s personal “descent into hell” “from a Jungian perspective [...] which reveals a man’s obsession with his anima, or feminine archetype, his consequent repression of true selfhood, and his final dispossession of both, leading him ultimately to insanity, or, as Williams puts it, to hell.”


John Heath-Stubbs’ Artorius And The Influence Of Charles Williams (Part 1), Joe R. Christopher Dec 1986

John Heath-Stubbs’ Artorius And The Influence Of Charles Williams (Part 1), Joe R. Christopher

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Considers the influence of Williams on Heath-Stubbs’s Arthurian poem cycle. Part I looks at zodiacal imagery.


Cowboy And Old Number Nine, Grady Williams Dec 1986

Cowboy And Old Number Nine, Grady Williams

Westview

No abstract provided.


Trouble, Dick Chapman Dec 1986

Trouble, Dick Chapman

Westview

No abstract provided.


The Last Link, Maxine Wilhelm Dec 1986

The Last Link, Maxine Wilhelm

Westview

No abstract provided.


Herland And Out Of The Silent Planet: A Comparison Of A Feminist Utopia And A Male-Charactered Fantasy, Melanie Rawls Dec 1986

Herland And Out Of The Silent Planet: A Comparison Of A Feminist Utopia And A Male-Charactered Fantasy, Melanie Rawls

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Compares both the structure and themes of Herland and Out of the Silent Planet and finds many similarities in the utopian cultures represented.


A New Life In Colony, William D. Welge Dec 1986

A New Life In Colony, William D. Welge

Westview

No abstract provided.


Even An Adept: Charles Williams And The Order Of The Golden Dawn, Bernadette Bosky Dec 1986

Even An Adept: Charles Williams And The Order Of The Golden Dawn, Bernadette Bosky

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Presents information on Williams’s association with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. Gives the convoluted history of the Order and the tension between proponents of mysticism vs. ritual magic. Suggests the level of Williams’s involvement and its significance to him.


Letters, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Robert A. Hall Jr. Dec 1986

Letters, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Robert A. Hall Jr.

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

No abstract provided.


Contributors, Westview Staff Dec 1986

Contributors, Westview Staff

Westview

No abstract provided.


He Braved The Elements, Margie Cooke Porteus Dec 1986

He Braved The Elements, Margie Cooke Porteus

Westview

No abstract provided.


And This Is Della, Leroy Thomas Dec 1986

And This Is Della, Leroy Thomas

Westview

No abstract provided.


Pioneer Spirit Of Our Town, Jean Kenedy Dec 1986

Pioneer Spirit Of Our Town, Jean Kenedy

Westview

No abstract provided.


Sears Roebuck, Donita Lucas Shields Dec 1986

Sears Roebuck, Donita Lucas Shields

Westview

No abstract provided.


Trails Of Triumph, Trails Of Tears, Rick Plant Dec 1986

Trails Of Triumph, Trails Of Tears, Rick Plant

Westview

No abstract provided.


Unrivaled Excellence, Anne Marie Simmers Dec 1986

Unrivaled Excellence, Anne Marie Simmers

Westview

No abstract provided.


A Deathly Quiet, Wenona L. Dunn Dec 1986

A Deathly Quiet, Wenona L. Dunn

Westview

No abstract provided.


Cattle Killing, Barbara Bockelman Dec 1986

Cattle Killing, Barbara Bockelman

Westview

No abstract provided.


A Charge To Keep, Robert F. Turpin Dec 1986

A Charge To Keep, Robert F. Turpin

Westview

No abstract provided.


Under The Lid, Hope Lashier Dec 1986

Under The Lid, Hope Lashier

Westview

No abstract provided.


Red Moon Pow Wow, Tena Bailey Garrison Dec 1986

Red Moon Pow Wow, Tena Bailey Garrison

Westview

No abstract provided.