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The Wondrous Orientalism Of Lord Dunsany: Traditional And Non-Traditional Orientalist Narratives In The Book Of Wonder And Tales Of Wonder, Alyssa House-Thomas

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

In this study of Lord Dunsany’s “Oriental” fairy tales, House-Thomas divides Dunsany’s technique and aims into “traditional” Oriental tales, of the sort Edward Said describes in his theories of Western Orientalist art and literature, and non-traditional, post-modern tales in which Orientalism is turned upside-down and the West is turned into the Other. This paper won the Alexei Kondratiev Student Paper Award at the 2012 Mythcon in Berkeley.

Reciprocal Colonization In The Irish Fairy Tales Of Lord Dunsany, Erin L. Sheley

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

Sheley’s interest is in how Dunsany’s inside–out Orientalist tales demonstrate or challenge theories of colonialism, anti–colonialism, and post–colonialism, delving into Dunsany’s history with W.B. Yeats and comparing his tales to Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

Changing The Story: Transformations Of Myth In Yeat's Poem "Cuchulain's Fight With The Sea", Roxanne Bodsworth

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

Examines not just how but why Yeats deviated from the original tales he mined for this material, shifting the focus and using the archetypal characters to demonstrate new themes and reinterpret traditional values.

Grief Poignant As Joy: Dyscatastrophe And Eucatastrophe In A Song Of Ice And Fire, Susan Johnston

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

Argues that though the series is incomplete at present, J.R.R. Tolkien’s concept of eucatastrophe and its dark twin, dyscatastrophe, can illuminate what Martin may be trying to accomplish in this bleak and bloody series and provide the reader with a way to understand its value and potential.

Reviews, Emily E. Auger, Nicholas Birns, Sara Brown, Joe R. Christopher, Janet Brennan Croft, Holly Ordway, Harley Sims, Lizzy Walker, Kayla Mckinney Wiggins, Donald T. Williams, Joseph Young

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

Peter Pan's Shadows in the Literary Imagination. Kirsten Stirling. Reviewed by Kayla McKinney Wiggins.

C.S. Lewis and the Church: Essays in Honour of Walter Hooper. Ed. Judith Wolfe and B.N. Wolfe. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination. Paul A. Trout. Reviewed by Lizzy Walker.

The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman. Anthony S. Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen, eds. Reviewed by Nicholas Birns.

Animals and Humans: Recurrent Symbiosis in Archaeology and Old Norse Religion. Kristina Jennbert. Reviewed by Emily E. Auger.

Tolkien in Translation. Edited by Thomas Honegger. Reviewed by Harley J. Sims. …

Mythcon 43 - Across The Continents: Myths And Legends From Europe And Asia Meet And Mingle, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

Elements from non-Western/nonsEuropean fantasy traditions have a growing presence in modern fantasy literature, either intact or blended with Western themes and images. Mythcon 43 will explore the roots of this cross-pollination, and how it continues to unfold and enrich mythopoeic literature.

The Inclusion Of The Nature Of Science And Its Elements In Recent Popular Science Writing For Adults And Young Adults, Feng Jiang

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study was conducted to examine the inclusion of nature of science (NOS) in popular science writing to determine whether it could serve supplementary resource for teaching NOS. Four groups of documents published from 2001 to 2010 were included in the analysis: Scientific American, Discover magazine, winners of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, and books listed in National Science Teacher Association's (NSTA) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12.

First, computer analysis was performed to categorize passages in the selected documents based on their inclusions of NOS. Then, follow-up human analysis was conducted to assess the frequency, …

Editorial, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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The King Of The Forest, Dag Rossman

The Mythic Circle

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The March Of The Trolls, Dag Rossman

The Mythic Circle

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Sister Coulsey's Furnace, C. R. Wiley

The Mythic Circle

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Costumes, Ryder W. Miller

The Mythic Circle

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Francis And The Mouse King, John Mabry

The Mythic Circle

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Shadowing, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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Radiance, Robert Franz

The Mythic Circle

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It Came To Me In A Dream, A Humanitarian One, L. C. Atencio

The Mythic Circle

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The Golem Of Bidosz, Mark Mellon

The Mythic Circle

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The Big Bad Wolf Versus Hogzilla, Raymond G. Falgui

The Mythic Circle

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Mythic Circle #34, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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The Eye Of The Sky / One Is Still Left, L. C. Atencio, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.