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Cavalier Treatment: The Spellmaster Of Caerleon, Lee Speth

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

Discusses the life and works of Arthuir Machen, known for horror and fantasy.

The Cartography Of Fantasy, R. C. Walker

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

Discusses the various physical settings possible for a work of fantasy, some more integral to the work than others. Notes the influence of Tolkien’s maps on the genre, and the usefulness and importance of such maps to other fantasy works.

Letters, Pauline Baynes, Kathryn Lindskoog, Pierre H. Berube, Charles A. Huttar, Nancy-Lou Patterson, John Pivovarnick

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

No abstract provided.

Owen Barfield In Southern California (2), Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Dear Mistress Ellwood, Alex Whitney, Judi Davidson, Benjamin Urrutia, Margaret R. Purdy, Wendell Wagner Jr., Paul Torongo, Renée Haynes, Margaret L. Carter, Ruth Berman, Pierre H. Berube, Gord Wilson, Mary Kay Bond, Mary M. Stolzenbach

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

No abstract provided.

And The Darkness Grasped It Not: The Struggle Of Good And Evil In Charles Williams, George Lee

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

Discusses the “central theme” of the “stuggle of good and evil” in three of Williams’s novels.

Reviews, George Colvin, J. R. Christopher, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Robert S. Ellwood Jr., Steven C. Walker, Dale Ziegler

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

Miscellany. . Reviewed by George Colvin.

Wilkie Collins: A Critical and Biographical Study. Dorothy L. Sayers, ed. E.R. Gregory. Reviewed by J. R. Christopher.

Bloodhounds of Heaven: The Detective in English Fiction from Godwin to Doyle. Ian Ousby. Reviewed by J. R. Christopher.

The Dark Tower and Other Stories. C.S. Lewis, Ed. Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Mythology of Middle-earth. Ruth S. Noel. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Faeries. Brian Froud and Alan Lee. Reviewed by Robert S. Ellwood Jr..

Eschatus. Bruce Pennington. Reviewed by Robert S. Ellwood Jr..

The Lord of the Rings. Ralph Bakshi, director; Saul …

Sir Gawain's Missing Day, Joe Christopher

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

Notes a missing day in chronology of events at Morgan le Fay’s castle, and suggests a relation to themes of falseness in the poem.

Getting It Together: Lewis And The Two Hemispheres Of Knowing, Kathryn Lindskoog

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

Relates Lewis’s treatment of Reason and Imagination in his poem “Reason” to discoveries about right brain/left brain operation.

Dear Mistress Ellwood, Rhona Beare, James Irwin, Ian Myles Slater, M. M. Reid, Dinah J. Madcuff, Kathryn Lindskoog, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Benjamin Urrutia, Craig Smith, Cynthia Kihn, Elizabeth Blake

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

No abstract provided.

Land Of Faerie: The Disappearing Myth, Caroline Geer

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

Discusses various theories for the origins of fairies (and tales about them) in myth, history, and religion.

The High Towers Of Lorraíne, Renée Haynes

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

No abstract provided.

The Shaman As Hero And Spiritual Leader: Richard Adams’ Mythmaking In Watership Down And Shardik, Edgar L. Chapman

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

Focuses mainly on Shardik, calling it “a demanding novel which explores the possible ways of responding to the emergence of the transcendental and mythic into ordinary existence.” With Watership Down, it justifies the importance of intuition, mystical, and transcendental experience.

How The Isle Of Ransom Reflects An Actual Icelandic Setting, Mara Hasty

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

Notes the resemblance between Morris’s Isle of Ransom in The Glittering Plain and the actual geography, social structure, and climate of Iceland.

Letters, David Murphy, Grace Harris, Anthony Moses, Numenor Regent, Jeanne Wardwell, Alexei Kondratiev, Mark Thompson

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, George Colvin

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

C.S. Lewis, the Shape of His Faith and Thought. Paul L. Holmer. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill. G.K. Chesterton. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Images Of The Numinous In T.H. White And C.S. Lewis, Ed Chapman

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

Sees the search for the mythic, numinous image or experience as one strong motivation for reading fantasy (and other literature). Contrasts T.H. White and C.S. Lewis in terms of the presence of the numinous in their work.

The Tale Of The Noldor, Paul Kocher

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

Reviews the history of the Noldor, elves of the First Age, and their continuing influence in the affairs of the Third Age. A retelling rather than a scholarly analysis, based on sources published before the availability of The Silmarillion.

Lament For Denethor, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Margaret Purdy, James Spreckels, Alexei Kondratiev, Robert E. Boenig, Roderick Mcgillis, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Michael Chapman, Gerald M. Price, Kathryn Lindskoog, John L. Leland, Clay Booker, Michael Mckenny, Eugene Mcgovern, Margaret Hannay, William G. Kelly

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

No abstract provided.

Till We Have Faces And Its Mythological And Literary Precursors, Andrew Howard

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

Compares Till We Have Faces with its “chief source,” the tale of Cupid and Psyche in Apuleius. Briefly compares it with other works of Lewis as well.

Reviews, Bruce Mcmenomy, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Joe R. Christopher

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

J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth. Daniel Grotta-Kurska. Reviewed by Bruce McMenomy.

The Fantastic in Literature. Eric S. Rabkin. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Father Christmas Letters. J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Baillie Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Feng: A Poem. John Wain. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Wild Angels. Ursula Le Guin. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space. Harry Martinson. Translated by Hugh MacDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert. Introduction by Tord Hall. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

An Enlargement Of Being, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Homo Monstrosus: Lloyd Alexander’S Gurgi And Other Shadow Figures Of Fantastic Literature, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Discusses Gurgi as the shadow archetype in Alexander’s Prydain Cycle and compares him to examples in other literature.

Power And Poetry In Middle-Earth, Dainis Bisenieks

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

A response to criticisms of psychological shallowness and black-and-white morality in The Lord of the Rings.

The Christian Character Of Tolkien's Invented World, Willis B. Glover

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

Examines Christian aspects of Tolkien’s fiction, showing how Middle-earth is a Christian world in spite of the absence of overt Christian references.

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.

Genesis Of The Lord Of The Rings: A Study Of Saga Development, James Allen

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

No abstract provided.

The Counsel Of Elrond, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Green Dragon, Ed Meŝkys

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

No abstract provided.