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"Time To Prepare A Face": Mythology Comes Of Age, Andrew Lazo
"Time To Prepare A Face": Mythology Comes Of Age, Andrew Lazo
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Guest of Honor address from Mythcon 47. A study of the place of mythology in ancient, medieval, and modern literature, the responses of Lewis and Tolkien to Modernity, and a meditation on Lewis’s thoughts on joy and the varieties of love in Surprised by Joy, the Narnia books, The Four Loves, and especially Till We Have Faces, for which Lazo offers an insightful reading of the concluding pages.
St. Jerome's Narnia: Transformation And Asceticism In The Desert And Beyond The Wardrobe, John Gavin
St. Jerome's Narnia: Transformation And Asceticism In The Desert And Beyond The Wardrobe, John Gavin
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Compares “two exercises in Christian myth-making”—C.S. Lewis’s Narniad and The Life of Paul the Hermit, the earliest work of the ascetic St. Jerome. Both are entertaining, and even whimsical at times, and feature communication with intelligent animals and a restoration of Paradise. Both also feature characters who model the value of asceticism and the solitary contemplative life.
"They Have Quarreled With The Trees": Perverted Perceptions Of "Progress" In The Fiction Series Of C.S. Lewis, Deborah Klein
"They Have Quarreled With The Trees": Perverted Perceptions Of "Progress" In The Fiction Series Of C.S. Lewis, Deborah Klein
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Uses the tools of eco-criticism to read Lewis’s attitudes towards nature, hierarchy, and the changes wrought by technological progress in the Narnia books and the Cosmic Trilogy.
Letters: A Narnian Clarification, Michael Ward
Letters: A Narnian Clarification, Michael Ward
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Responds to a critique that his Planet Narnia thesis does not take into account Lewis’s letter to Laurence Kreig; explains his “incremental plan” hypothesis.
Letters To Malcolm And The Trouble With Narnia: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, And Their 1949 Crisis, Eric Seddon
Letters To Malcolm And The Trouble With Narnia: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, And Their 1949 Crisis, Eric Seddon
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Proposes an intriguing solution to the question of Tolkien and Lewis’s estrangement in 1949: that it was Tolkien’s objections to anti-Catholic sentiments expressed in Lewis’s Letters to Malcolm and some beliefs deeply incompatible with Tolkien’s Catholicism expressed in the depiction of Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia that initially estranged them.
Fantastical Fact, Home, Or Other? The Imagined 'Medieval' In C.S. Lewis, Alison Searle
Fantastical Fact, Home, Or Other? The Imagined 'Medieval' In C.S. Lewis, Alison Searle
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines the imagined medievalism of Lewis’s That Hideous Strength and the Narnia books, and shows how it reaches the integrated level of myth in the latter while remaining on a more allegorical level in the former.
Battling The Woman Warrior: Females And Combat In Tolkien And Lewis, Candice Fredrick, Sam Mcbride
Battling The Woman Warrior: Females And Combat In Tolkien And Lewis, Candice Fredrick, Sam Mcbride
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines women in combat in a number of Tolkien’s and Lewis’s works, finding that their portrayals have one thing in common: battles are ugly when women fight.
Pullman, Lewis, Macdonald, And The Anxiety Of Influence, William Gray
Pullman, Lewis, Macdonald, And The Anxiety Of Influence, William Gray
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Building on the theoretical framework of Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence, traces a path of influence and “anxiety” from George MacDonald through C.S. Lewis to Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
A Darker Ignorance: C. S. Lewis And The Nature Of The Fall, Mary R. Bowman
A Darker Ignorance: C. S. Lewis And The Nature Of The Fall, Mary R. Bowman
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Starting with a study of the character of Susan in The Last Battle, examines Lewis’s views on innocence, sin, and maturity. Considers evidence from the Perelandra cycle and discusses Phillip Pullman’s criticism of Lewis.
"The Whole Art And Joy Of Words": Aslan's Speech In The Chronicles Of Narnia, Joy Alexander
"The Whole Art And Joy Of Words": Aslan's Speech In The Chronicles Of Narnia, Joy Alexander
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
A close look at the stylistic and structural characteristics of Aslan’s speeches in the Chronicles of Narnia.
The Magician's Niece: The Kinship Between J. K. Rowling And C. S. Lewis, Joy Farmer
The Magician's Niece: The Kinship Between J. K. Rowling And C. S. Lewis, Joy Farmer
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Looks at parallels between the Chronicles of Narnia and the Harry Potter books in terms of plot, structure, symbolism, theme, and purpose.
Mount Purgatory Arises Near Narnia, Joe R. Christopher
Mount Purgatory Arises Near Narnia, Joe R. Christopher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines the image of the enclosed garden and pool at the top of a mountain as it occurs in Dante’s Garden of Eden on Mount Purgatory and in The Magician’s Nephew and The Last Battle, with some parallels in Morris’s The Well at the World’s End and Tolkien’s “Leaf by Niggle.”
Apologist For The Past: The Medieval Vision Of C. S. Lewis's "Space Trilogy" And Chronicles Of Narnia, Louis Markos
Apologist For The Past: The Medieval Vision Of C. S. Lewis's "Space Trilogy" And Chronicles Of Narnia, Louis Markos
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Shows how the medieval model which Lewis articulated in The Discarded Image influenced both the Space Trilogy and the Chronicles of Narnia.
"Miraculous Bread… Miraculous Wine": Eucharistic Motifs In The Fantasies Of C.S. Lewis, Nancy-Lou Patterson
"Miraculous Bread… Miraculous Wine": Eucharistic Motifs In The Fantasies Of C.S. Lewis, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Lewis’s use of food symbolism, and particularly Eucharistic symbolism, in his fantasy novels.
Hrossa, Pigs, And Teddy Bears: The Animal Kingdom According To C.S. Lewis, Doris T. Myers
Hrossa, Pigs, And Teddy Bears: The Animal Kingdom According To C.S. Lewis, Doris T. Myers
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Guest of Honor Address at Mythcon in 1996. “Lewis in relation to animals and the ethical questions they present.”
Always Winter And Never Christmas: Symbols Of Time In Lewis' Chronicles Of Narnia, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Always Winter And Never Christmas: Symbols Of Time In Lewis' Chronicles Of Narnia, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Disagrees with Kilby that the appearance of Father Christmas in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is “incongruous.” Sees him as key to Lewis’s understanding of the theological significance of time and eternity.
The Wardrobe As Christian Metaphor, Don King
The Wardrobe As Christian Metaphor, Don King
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Notes the frequency and importance of the door as a symbol in the Chronicles of Narnia. Relates this to scriptural examples of the door as the way to God and/or salvation, and to Christ as the door.
Girls In Narnia: Hindered Or Human?, Karla Faust Jones
Girls In Narnia: Hindered Or Human?, Karla Faust Jones
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Asks if five heroines in the Chronicles of Narnia: remain “characters worthy of imitation” by girls or are “rendered obsolete and impotent by cultural stereotyping.” Despite occasional sexist references, the female characters are not stereotyped.
C.S. Lewis' Passages: Chronological Age And Spiritual Development In Narnia, Doris T. Myers
C.S. Lewis' Passages: Chronological Age And Spiritual Development In Narnia, Doris T. Myers
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Admires the ways the Chronicles balance the idea that chronological age of characters is relatively unimportant with the concept of “spiritual age”—tasks of spiritual development associated with particular stages in life.
Narnia And The Seven Deadly Sins, Don King
Narnia And The Seven Deadly Sins, Don King
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Gives a brief history of the “seven deadly sins” in Christianity, and of Lewis’s knowledge of them as indicated in his non-Narnian works. Argues that each book in the Chronicles of Narnia “seems to portray one deadly sin above all others.”
Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines the characters of visionary women—what Esther Harding calls the femme inspiratrice—in Lewis’s fiction. Part one focuses on Jane in That Hideous Strength. Part two focuses on Lucy in the Chronicles of Narnia.
Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis' Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis' Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines the characters of visionary women—what Esther Harding calls the femme inspiratrice—in Lewis’s fiction. Part one focuses on Jane in That Hideous Strength. Part two focuses on Lucy in the Chronicles of Narnia.
The Honour And Glory Of A Mouse: Reepicheep Of Narnia, Mark Bailey
The Honour And Glory Of A Mouse: Reepicheep Of Narnia, Mark Bailey
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Despite the fact that Lewis viewed pride as “the central issue in Christian morality” and it is a great sin in Narnia, the character of Reepicheep escapes condemnation because his pride is “a proper sense of dignity and worth” and his motives generous.
An Introduction To Narnia Part Iv: The Literary Classification Of The Chronicles, Joe R. Christopher
An Introduction To Narnia Part Iv: The Literary Classification Of The Chronicles, Joe R. Christopher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Reviews the chronology of the Narnia books, both the internal parts set in Narnia and those set on Earth, and the chronology of publication, with additional discussion of “The Narnian Suite” in Lewis’s collected poems.
An Introduction To Narnia - Part Iii: The Genre Of The Chronicles, Joe. R. Christopher
An Introduction To Narnia - Part Iii: The Genre Of The Chronicles, Joe. R. Christopher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
The third part discusses the genre of fairy-tale in general and the Chronicles in relation to it, in addition to other children’s books of the 20th century.