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"Coinherence" And "The Terrible Good": A Soul’S Journey To Awareness And Responsibility, Deborah Carter-Day
"Coinherence" And "The Terrible Good": A Soul’S Journey To Awareness And Responsibility, Deborah Carter-Day
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines Williams’s conceptions of coinherence, exchange, and substitution as they are portrayed in All Hallows’ Eve—particularly in the actions of Lester Furnival.
The Repose Of A Very Delicate Balance: Postulants And Celebrants Of The Sacrament Of Marriage In The Detective Fiction Of Dorothy L. Sayers, William R. Epperson
The Repose Of A Very Delicate Balance: Postulants And Celebrants Of The Sacrament Of Marriage In The Detective Fiction Of Dorothy L. Sayers, William R. Epperson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Sayers, like Lewis, used the vehicle of genre fiction to explore something rarely explored in modern fiction: “marriage as a human relationship which has a potential for good, for human growth, individuation, mutuality, and love.” The fulfillment of the potential in the marriage of Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane is explored in detail.
Anima Figures In A Demonic Comedy In The Lewis Tradition: E.E.Y. Hales's Chariot Of Fire, Edgar L. Chapman
Anima Figures In A Demonic Comedy In The Lewis Tradition: E.E.Y. Hales's Chariot Of Fire, Edgar L. Chapman
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Calls Hales’s fantasy “a theological novel in the traditions of Lewis’s Ransom novels and The Great Divorce.” Sees Lewis as a “link between Hales’ novel and Christian poetic traditions in the epics of Dante and Milton.”
Reviews, George Colvin, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Lee Speth
Reviews, George Colvin, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Lee Speth
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Middle Earth. Simulations Publications Inc., Rob Mosca, Linda Mosca and Richard Berg, Howard Barasch. Reviewed by George Colvin.
J.R.R. Tolkien, A Biography. Humphrey Carpenter. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
The Longing for a Form, Essays on the Fiction of C.S. Lewis. Peter J. Schakel, ed.. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
Wonderful Wizard, Marvelous Land. Raylyn Moore, Preface by Ray Bradbury. Reviewed by Lee Speth.
Poetry As Metaphor InThe Lord Of The Rings, William Reynolds
Poetry As Metaphor InThe Lord Of The Rings, William Reynolds
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Close examination of the three versions of the Walking Song in The Lord of the Rings that shows how it captures the themes of the book in miniature. The metaphors “encapsulate the same view of history and man’s role in it that he conveys through the larger metaphor of the trilogy itself.”
Finder Of The Welsh Gods, Dainis Bisenieks
Finder Of The Welsh Gods, Dainis Bisenieks
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Discusses the fantasies of Kenneth Morris based on Welsh mythology.
The Role Of Warfare And Strategy In The Lord Of The Rings, Paul M. Lloyd
The Role Of Warfare And Strategy In The Lord Of The Rings, Paul M. Lloyd
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
After a brief analysis of the medieval nature of the arms, armor, and troops in the War of the Ring, examines the strategic advantages and disadvantages of both sides. Postulates Sauron’s “poverty of imagination” as a fatal flaw. The realistic depiction of military strategy gives The Lord of the Rings a feeling of “true” history.
Green Dragon, Ed Meskys
Green Dragon, Ed Meskys
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
A Note On An Unpublished(And Probably Unwritten) Collaboration, J. R. Christopher
A Note On An Unpublished(And Probably Unwritten) Collaboration, J. R. Christopher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Brief note explaining a reference to a forthcoming book by Lewis and Tolkien, Language and Human Nature, which was never written.
Missives To Mythlore, Margaret Esmonde, Harry Warner Jr., Janet B. Fisher, Paul M. Lloyd
Missives To Mythlore, Margaret Esmonde, Harry Warner Jr., Janet B. Fisher, Paul M. Lloyd
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.