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Pendragon's Heir, By Suzannah Rowntree. Reviewed By Emilee J. Howland-Davis., Emilee J. Howland-Davis 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Pendragon's Heir, By Suzannah Rowntree. Reviewed By Emilee J. Howland-Davis., Emilee J. Howland-Davis

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.


Tolkien Among The Moderns, Edited By Ralph C. Wood. Reviewed By Ryder W. Miller., Ryder W. Miller 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Tolkien Among The Moderns, Edited By Ralph C. Wood. Reviewed By Ryder W. Miller., Ryder W. Miller

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.


"What's The Use Of Trying To Read Shakespeare?": Modes Of Memory In Virginia Woolf's Fiction And Essays, Sara Remedios Bloom 2016 CUNY Graduate Center

"What's The Use Of Trying To Read Shakespeare?": Modes Of Memory In Virginia Woolf's Fiction And Essays, Sara Remedios Bloom

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation maps the relationship between Virginia Woolf’s fiction and essays, and William Shakespeare’s person and plays. I argue that Woolf’s writing is intended as an interactive practice of cultural memory, challenging her readers to become responders and to engage critically with the canon. I further argue that Woolf offers herself as inheritor of a literary practice that actively seeks to shape the values and social ideology of the time. The introduction defines three modes of memory operating in Woolf’s work: memory as opiate; memory as political instrument; and memory as dialectic. The first chapter shows the cultural memory of …


Mythcon 47 - Faces Of Mythology: Ancient, Medieval, And Modern, The Mythopoeic Society 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Mythcon 47 - Faces Of Mythology: Ancient, Medieval, And Modern, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

Inspired by the 60th anniversary of C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces and The Last Battle, this year's theme focuses on the mythology that has shaped and "given faces" to so many of our beloved characters, ranging from the myths of the Ancient Greeks to the legends of the Middle Ages and even to the modern mythology of the American Southwest. Similarly, this mythological influence is also evident in the works of many of our favorite mythopoeic authors, from J.R.R. Tolkien to J.K. Rowling, from Ursula K. Le Guin to Alan Garner, and many, many more.


"Your Reclamation”: The Gothic Child And Moral Restoration In Charles Dickens’S A Christmas Carol, Ashten Roberts 2016 University of Southern Mississippi

"Your Reclamation”: The Gothic Child And Moral Restoration In Charles Dickens’S A Christmas Carol, Ashten Roberts

Master's Theses

Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843), an example of Victorian Gothic literature, portrays spirits escorting Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey through time in order to transform him from a miser to a benefactor. Dickens’s text has received much critical attention, and while most critics agree that the novella includes various elements of the gothic, few draw attention to the possibility of the child characters as gothic elements. I argue that Carol’s child characters can be read in terms of what Margarita Georgieva calls “the gothic child.” According to Georgieva, the gothic child can be an adult’s memory from childhood …


Guide To The Graphic, Scrapbook, And Secondary Source Materials In The Milner Library Lois Lenski Collection, Eric Willey, Sean Tippey, Nicole Wolski, Jessica LaVoy, Alexis Foran 2016 Illinois State University

Guide To The Graphic, Scrapbook, And Secondary Source Materials In The Milner Library Lois Lenski Collection, Eric Willey, Sean Tippey, Nicole Wolski, Jessica Lavoy, Alexis Foran

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

This guide provides newspaper style captions and descriptive terms from the Thesaurus of Graphic Materials for illustrations, photos, and scrapbooks in the Milner Library, Illinois State University, Lois Lenski Collection, circa 1850-1977 and citations for secondary source materials which were not directly created by Lenski or contain brief excerpts from Lenski's work. In addition, there is a spreadsheet (csv) file which contains the raw data used to compile this guide.


Decolonizing The Ya North: Environmental Injustice In Sherri L. Smith’S Orleans, Micah-Jade M. Coleman 2016 University of Southern Mississippi

Decolonizing The Ya North: Environmental Injustice In Sherri L. Smith’S Orleans, Micah-Jade M. Coleman

Master's Theses

Young Adult (YA) dystopias, in recent years, have imagined a future world fueled by the overuse and misuse of technology, the advancement of science for human gain, as well as societies ruled by governments that govern based on their own self-interests and economic gain. Such novels have opened the door for discussion about how the present-day actions of societies can impact the future of the environment; yet many only focus their attention on societies in the North— regions considered “developed” by the western world. In her YA novel, Orleans (2014), Sherri L. Smith focuses attention on the aftermath of Hurricane …


Fanfiction Communities And Plagiarism: An Academic Inquiry, Claudia I. Hicks 2016 University of Southern Mississippi

Fanfiction Communities And Plagiarism: An Academic Inquiry, Claudia I. Hicks

Honors Theses

Fanfiction communities give would-be authors a place to practice their craft. This study focused on how fanfiction community members defined and policed plagiarism. The aim of this study was to conduct qualitative analysis of plagiarism cases in online fanfiction communities. The data sources were analyzed using Grounded Theory. Analysis found that fanfiction communities use certain protocols to police plagiarism except when it violates their highest value, popularity. This study contributes to our understanding of plagiarism in a digital age.


The Finest Jest, William H. Wandless 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Finest Jest, William H. Wandless

The Mythic Circle

*Begin Transmission* The scientist in me could not help but admire the elegance of your plan. It was simple, logical, pitiless. If everything went smoothly, only one of us would die.


After The Black Chrysalis, Marly Youmans 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

After The Black Chrysalis, Marly Youmans

The Mythic Circle

Cracked. Cracked open—praise To that, for that, praise That the black, feathery lint Was washed clean from my face, That the black, feathery lint Came off in wisps and shreds And crinkled threads Like thrums from a loom, Like lines of false poetry, Like cat fur in the mouth On waking.


Editorial, Gwenyth E. Hood 2016 Marshall University

Editorial, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood 2016 Marshall University

Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Brackenstead, Myles Buchanan 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Brackenstead, Myles Buchanan

The Mythic Circle

When the morrith trees started to thin and I no longer had to stoop and crawl, I nearly started weeping with relief. I’d been travelling through the Morrithwood for nearly five days, and all that was left of the rations for the journey there were a few scraps of deer jerky I’d been putting off eating.


Solitude / Sin, Chelsi Robichaud 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Solitude / Sin, Chelsi Robichaud

The Mythic Circle

Reduced to a great nothingness, a lack of a lack, I wonder where my friends have gone. But surely it matters not in this loathsome sea. ///// I have sinned. Though the masses say it is no crime, I know of the dirt that covers me.


Creüsa, Gania Barlow 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Creüsa, Gania Barlow

The Mythic Circle

If Aeneas doesn’t see Creüsa dead or dying, alive or living, what is she?


Siren's Call, Chelsi Robichaud 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Siren's Call, Chelsi Robichaud

The Mythic Circle

I cry my grief out to the sky, the grief that Aphrodite would not calm. The Siren's call that lured him now sings me to my death.


A Visit From The Moon, Georgia Ann Banks-Martin 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

A Visit From The Moon, Georgia Ann Banks-Martin

The Mythic Circle

From the beach, you could see the island. My mother said no one lived there anymore and she didn’t know why. I wanted to live there. I wanted to be a goddess and live forever.


The Great Hall Of Ahkurst, Lee Clark Zumpe 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Great Hall Of Ahkurst, Lee Clark Zumpe

The Mythic Circle

Tarak limped along the long corridor, muttering to himself beneath the flickering florescents. The subterranean passage stretched out before and behind him, a serpentine artery curving gently beneath the surface of the planet.


The Ferrens Of Tar Kiln, Charlie W. Starr 2016 Great Lakes Christian College

The Ferrens Of Tar Kiln, Charlie W. Starr

The Mythic Circle

I can’t expect you to believe everything I’m going to tell you. The story at least begins truly enough with a caving adventure one October day in Eastern Kentucky.


The Undiplomatic Girl, Ryder W. Miller 2016 Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Undiplomatic Girl, Ryder W. Miller

The Mythic Circle

The knight Gawain watched as the young lady walked away again. She was fair and slight of form. There was also a wonderful shimmer of silver in the green dress she wore, but Gawain found her perplexing.


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