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"Some Kind Of Company": The Sacred Community In That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Detailed analysis of the good, or saved, characters in That Hideous Strength, the Company of St. Anne’s. Notes the significance and symbolism of each, and speculates briefly about their post-novel futures.

Letters From Hell: The Symbolism Of Evil In The Screwtape Letters, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Analyzes in detail the symbols of evil in The Screwtape Letters. Lewis presents evil as various forms of the privatio boni, or absence of good.

Beneath That Ancient Roof: The House As Symbol In Dorothy L. Sayers' Busman's Honeymoon, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Examines the symbolic significance of houses, especially Talboys, the house in which Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane spend their honeymoon.

Bright-Eyed Beauty: Celtic Elements In Charles Williams, J.R.R. Tolkien, And C.S. Lewis, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Traces the influence of Celtic style and themes, though sometimes denied by Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams, on their works.

"All Shall Love Me And Despair": The Figure Of Lilith In Tolkien, Lewis, Williams And Sayers, Meredith Price

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

Examines Lilith-figures in Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, and Sayers, discussing how each demonstrates certain attributes of the archetypal temptress character.

The Host Of Heaven: Astrological And Other Images Of Divinity In The Fantasies Of C.S. Lewis (Part 2), Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Study of the astrological symbolism present in Lewis’s fantasies. Part 2 covers the Chronicles of Narnia and Till We Have Faces.

Banquet At Belbury: Festival And Horror In That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Answers criticism of Lewis for setting up “caricatures” of villains in That Hideous Strength and then killing them hideously at the Belbury banquet. Notes “the contrast of festival and horror is [...] a very old element in literature and human culture” and the relationship of humans to animals is appropriate to Romance as Frye defines it. Includes a map of Edgestow by Patterson.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan

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

Companion to Narnia. Paul F. Ford, foreword by Madeleine L'Engle, illustrated by Lordinda Bryan Cauley. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

VII - An Anglo-American Literary Review. Volume I. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Dr. Clyde S. Kilby, and Dr. Beatrice Batson. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy L. Sayers. A Pilgrim Soul. Nancy M. Tischler. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

A DARK HORN BLOWING. Dahlov Ipcar. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

The Host Of Heaven: Astrological And Other Images Of Divinity In The Fantasies Of C.S. Lewis (Part 1), Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Study of the astrological symbolism present in Lewis’s fantasies. Part 1 covers the Space Trilogy.

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 …