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Citizens First, Voters Next, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Imagination In Modern Art: Random Notes On Whistler, Sargent And Besnard, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Comparative Aesthetics, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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The Youth Of Raphael, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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An Eighteenth-Century Singer: An Imaginary Portrait, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Count Tancred, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Autobiographical Notes, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Literature, Criticisme, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Aesthetics, My Confession, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Waste Paper, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Ville Romane: In Memoriam, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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A Vernon Lee Notebook, 1898-1934, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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German Socialists And The War. A Criticism. An Opwen Letter To Mr. E. D. Morel; French Socialists And The War. In Answer To The Preceding Article By M. Paix Seailles., Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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War And Peace - Enmity, Vernon Lee (Violet Paget)

Vernon Lee: Manuscripts, Published Works, and Typescripts

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Briefly Noted: Terry Pratchett By Andy Sawyer, Janet Croft

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

Review of Terry Pratchett by Andy Sawyer, Writers and Their Work Series.

Tolkien’S Glee: A Reading Of The Songs In The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings By John R. Holmes, Glenn R. Gray

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

This is a review of "Tolkien's Glee: A Reading of the Songs in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings" by John R. Holmes.

A Diasporic Mythography: Myth, Legend And Memory In The Literature Of The Indian Diaspora By P.M. Biswas, G. Connor Salter

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

Scholarship continues to explore how postcolonial Indian authors use speculative fiction to explore their country's identity, but book-length studies on the diasporic Indian experience are hard to find. Poet, novelist and scholar Pooja Mittal Biswas examines noted fantasy books by four acclaimed Indian authors born during the first two generations of the Republic of India: Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Suniti Namjoshi, and Vikram Chandra. Each author offers a different vision of Indianness, drawing on their complicated experiences as Indians living outside their country of origin, shaped by and responding to colonialism's past, offering different views of how diasporic Indians should …

Tolkien And The Mystery Of Literary Creation By Guiseppe Pezzini, Katherine Sas

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

This article reviews Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation by Giuseppe Pezzini, a study of J.R.R. Tolkien’s creative process in which Pezzini argues for a remarkably consistent and comprehensive (if quirky) theory of literary creation as embodied in Tolkien’s legendarium.

Science And Religion In The Imagination Of C.S. Lewis: The Quest For The Best Mental Model Of The Universe By Alister E. Mcgrath, Martina Juričková

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

This is a book review of Science and Religion in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis: The Quest for the Best Mental Model of the Universe by Alister E. McGrath

The Mismeasure Of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment Of Tolkien’S Demonized Creatures By Robert T. Tally Jr., Gerry Canavan

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

This is a book review of Robert Tally's The Mismeasure of Orcs: A Critical Reassessment of Tolkien’s Demonized Creatures.

Between Interpretation And Imagination: C.S. Lewis And The Bible By Leslie Baynes, Katherine Cooper Wyma

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

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The Gospel Of Gollum By Ivano Sassanelli, Gabriela Clarke

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

This review evaluates Ivano Sassanelli’s exploration of what Gollum represents and whether he is a personification of the biblical claim that where one’s heart is, there also will their treasure be. As current scholarship focuses on secondary The Lord of the Rings characters, from Galadriel to Tom Bombadil, this book provides fascinating insights regarding perhaps the most anomalous figure in the canon.

Sassanelli brings together a unique body of international scholarship, especially works from his native Italy, and discusses several niche topics relating to Gollum, such as the character’s grandmother, film portrayal, and Italian-dubbed voice. Comparative reading between early editions …

From Soldier To Storyteller: Essays On World War Veterans Who Became Famous Children’S Authors, Edited By Kathleen Broome Williams And Hal H. Friedman, Kris Swank

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

Book review of From Soldier to Storyteller: Essays on World War Veterans Who Became Famous Children’s Authors, edited by Kathleen Broome Williams and Hal M. Friedman. Foreword by Michael S. Neiberg. McFarland, 2024.

J.R.R. Tolkien And G.B. Smith: With Wind In Our Ears, Edited By Guiseppe Pezzini, Mercury Natis

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

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Barrel-Rides And She-Elves: Audience And Anticipation In Peter Jackson’S Hobbit Trilogy, Janet Croft

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

Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy, to the audience that loved the Lord of the Rings films, is an exciting opportunity to revisit Tolkien’s fantastic world and see favorite characters acting out their earlier adventures. The reader of the books, though, is often likely to find the difference in tone between the children’s book and the vastly expanded films jarring. This essay will explore audience expectations, the difficulties of filming a “prequel” after a “sequel,” and issues of “anticipation” in relation to character development.

Lee Speth's Mythlore Column "Cavalier Treatment", Janet Croft

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

Discusses and quotes from Lee Speth's long-running column in Mythlore.

In Memoriam: Gracia Fay Ellwood, Janet Brennan Croft

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

Brief in memoriam note for Gracia Fay Ellwood, who among other roles, was the Editor of Mythlore for several years.

"Making The Familiar Strange": The Ecocentric Power Of Climate Fantasy, John Cook

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

Contributing to the failure to address climate change is a lack of public imagination, both in perceiving the threat of climate change and conceptualizing solutions. Climate fiction engages readers on an emotional level and speculative fiction in particular can invent alternative worlds illustrating different ways of thinking and living. Fantasy fiction is uniquely suited as a form of climate fiction, with its immersive, subversive qualities, prioritization of the nonhuman, and a tendency towards sprawling, multiple-volume epic series. This paper explores two categories of climate fantasy themes. One category is recovery—regaining a clear view of the natural world. The other is …

Conservative Demons And Countercultural Creators: Hellish Societies In The Dark Or Modern Age Of Comics, Andrew Burt

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

In the Hellblazer and Sandman comic books, depictions of hell rely on the writer’s perspective and the decade they are writing because they account for contemporary folklore, political situations, and cultural conventions. This paper examines how hell appears as a parodic version of the regular world in these texts, accounting for the dark age of comics from the 1980s, where grim and gritty topics prevailed. While borrowing from Judeo-Christian conceptions of hell, demonology, and fears of everlasting torment and damnation like many other representations throughout the centuries, these comics also took elements from the creator’s personal lives and hopes for …

The Political Vitalities Of Ursula K. Le Guin’S Earthsea, Joseph Charles Ironside

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

This article analyses the role of vitality within Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea series (1968-2001), exploring the political implications of its presentation. Vitalist philosophy rejects positivist materialism, seeking instead to understand life in terms of immanent human experience. Vitalism is particularly relevant to fantasy literature: conceptions of life and our relationship with the material naturally play a role in fantasy worldbuilding; however, life conceptions carry political implications, and vitalism finds pertinence across the political spectrum, from anarchism to fascism. Earthsea makes for a valuable subject of analysis on this point, as Le Guin openly endorses anarchism. By comparing the presentation …