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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.

Mythopoesis, Sarah Beach

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

Discusses the hard-to-define quality of mythopoeic fantasy.

An Interview With Jane Yolen

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

Discusses several of Yolen’s stories and her novel Cards of Grief: techniques, influences, experiences with critical reception, recurrent imagery.

The Feast Of Reason: Out Of The Silent Planet As The Book Of Hnau, Jeannette Hume Lutton

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

Discusses the concept of hnau as developed in Out of the Silent Planet. Identifies Platonic and medieval ideas of the Rational Soul (and its faculties of intellectus and ratio) as applied to Malacandra. Sees Out of the Silent Planet as expressive of the apprehension of spiritual truth through Reason; Revelation is saved for Perelandra.

Reviews, David Bratman, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Benjamin Urrutia

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

The Politics of Fantasy: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Lee D. Rossi. Reviewed by David Bratman.

Shadowlands: The Story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. Brian Sibley. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Silver Trumpet. Owen Barfield. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Grand Miracle and Other Essays on Theology and Ethics from God in the Dock. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

First and Second Things: Essays on Theology and Ethics. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Art of G.K. Chesterton. Alzina Stone Dale. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion. Stephan P. Clarke. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson. …

Editor's Notes, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Caliban Between The Worlds, David Bratman

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

Study of Caliban as a character in Shakespeare’s Tempest, as a metaphor, and as a character re-interpreted by post-Shakespearean authors.

Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien: Part V, George H. Thompson

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

Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism. Part V covers The Lord of the Rings, New Editions. The three parts of the final article cover Tree and Leaf, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and The Road Goes Ever On and Poems and Songs of Middle-earth.

Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien, George H. Thompson

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

Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism.

Mythopoesis, Sarah Beach

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

Discusses heroes and heroines in fantasy as Types and as symbols of the Quest.

Silent Commands? Frodo And Gollum At The Cracks Of Doom, Robert A. Hall Jr.

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

Analyzes the key scene at the Cracks of Doom, which the reader sees through Sam’s viewpoint, for hints as to the powers of the bearer of the Ring and his ability to command others. Considers similar scenes from the Bible, Beowulf, and Chanson de Roland. Concludes that Frodo issued Gollum a “silent command” to throw himself into the pit with the Ring.

The Drúedain, Paul H. Kocher

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

No abstract provided.

Cavalier Treatment: A Column, Lee Speth

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nils Ivar Agøy, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Benjamin Urrutia, Jessica Yates

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

The Shores of Middle-earth. Robert Giddings and Elizabeth Holland. Reviewed by Nils Ivar Agøy.

SEVEN (March, 1982), Volume 3. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Dr. Clyde S. Kilby, and Dr. Beatrice Batson. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

THE DARK CRYSTAL. Directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Screenplay by David Odell. Story by Jim Henson. Conceptual Designer, Brian Froud. Reviewed by Benjamin Urrutia.

The World of the Dark Crystal. Illustrated by Brian Froud. Text by J.J. Llewellyn. Designed and Edited by Rupert Brown. Reviewed by Benjamin Urrutia.

The Tale of the Dark Crystal. Text by Donna Bass. Illustrated by Bruce McNally. Reviewed by …

Editor's Opening, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Editorial, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

The Road And The Ring: Solid Geometry In Tolkien's Middle-Earth, Mark M. Hennelly Jr.

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

Considers the complex interplay of the Ring and the Road (“linear progress and circular stasis”), along with other related motifs of lines, circles, intersections and crossroads, spirals and spheres, hands and eyes in The Lord of the Rings.

Some Notes To The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien, Benjamin Urrutia

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

Some proposed additional notes to the first edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. One concerns American Indian archaeology and another, biblical references to centers of worship.

The Celeblain Of Celeborn And Galadriel, Janice Johnson

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

Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s Letters, and Unfinished Tales, and examines variations and inconsistencies.

A Jungian Reading Of The Kalevala 500–1300?: Finnish Shamanism—The Patriarchal Senex Figure. [Part 4: Conclusion], Bettina Knapp

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

Jungian interpretation of the Kalevala, focusing on the character of Väinämöinen and his role as Shaman. Part 1 gives an introduction to the Kalevala and to shamanism, then analyzes the creation myth in the Kalevala. Part 2 analyzes Väinämöinen’s transformation of the land, the felling of the oak, the confrontation with Joukahainen, and the death of Aino. The third part discusses Väinämöinen’s “second encounter with the anima figure in the being of Louki’s daughter.” The conclusion is a Jungian analysis of Väinämöinen’s “night-sea journey” to the Abode of the Dead; his journey within the body of the giant …