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Reviews, Glen H. Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Bruce Leonard

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

The War of the Ring. J.R.R Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Bilbo's Last Song. J.R.R Tolkien, Illust. by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis. Owen Barfield. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

A Christian for All Christians: Essays in Honour of C.S. Lewis. Andrew Walker and James Patrick, Ed.. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien, Illus. by David Wenzel, Adapted by Charles Dixon and Sean Deming. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Mind of the Maker. Dorothy L. Sayers. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Pattern in the Web: The Mythical Poetry of Charles Williams. Roma A. …

An Inklings Bibliography (41), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

Dorothy's Timeless Quest, Richard Tuerk

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

Analyzes Dorothy’s initial adventure to Oz and back in terms of Campbell’s monomyth. The boon that she receives in Oz, and brings back to Kansas, is a more developed self with the ability—learned in Oz—to love selflessly.

Emotion With Dignity: J.R.R Tolkien And Love, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Uses Tolkien’s letter (#43) of 1941 to his son Michael as a springboard for discussing the alternatives Tolkien presents there—renunciation, physical gratification, friendship, and love. Gives examples of each in Tolkien’s works.

A Literary Newton: A Suggestion For A Critical Appraisal Of Fritz Leiber, Bruce Byfield

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

Deplores the dearth of serious critical attention to the writings of Leiber and speculates about the reasons for this. Gives an overview of his career that suggests avenues for future critical analysis.

Lo Fantástico Y La Historia: La Polémica Entre La Sombra Del Caudillo Y Tirano Banderas, Juan Velasco

English

Sobre Ia base del debate que asento Martin Luis Guzman a raiz del articulo "Tirano Banderas", publicado en "La Opinion" de Los Angeles el 17 de marzo de 1927, se dejan planteadas una serie de preguntas que cuestionan el uso del discurso fantastico en Ia representacion de Ia historia Iatinoamericana. La polemica sobre Ia ideologia de Ia forma tiene un especial relieve en tanto que viene a sumarse a Ia de Ia siempre compleja relacion cultural entre Europa y America. En este trabajo me propongo explorar cuales son los criterios determinantes de esta problematica geograficoideologica y sus consecuencias esteticas.

"On The Edge Of An Abyss": The Writer As Insomniac, Greg Johnson

Faculty Articles

Writers who have struggled with insomnia.

The Philosophical Biographer: Doubt And Dialectic In Johnson's "Lives Of The Poets", David Wheeler

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Following The Middle Way, Glen Goodknight

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

Continues his “Letter” from issue #61, suggesting that the Society consciously follow a “Middle Way” between fandom and academia, between exclusivity and eclecticism.

Three Modern Views Of Merlin, Gwyneth Evans

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

Examines the use of Merlin as a character in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, two novels by J.C. Powys, and Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series. Notes parallels and differences in Merlin’s power, role, prophetic ability, link with the divine, and vulnerability.

Letters, David Bratman, Margaret Carter, J. E.C. Kelson, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

No abstract provided.

Orc Hosts, Armies And Legions: A Demographic Study, Tom Loback

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

Calculates the likely population of Orcs in Middle-earth at various times based on Tolkien’s use of the military terms host, army, and legion. Uses The Silmarillion and several volumes of The History of Middle-earth to “show a developing concept of Orc military organization and, by inference, an idea of Orc demographics.”

The Bolt Of Tash: The Figure Of Satan In C.S. Lewis' The Horse And His Boy And The Last Battle, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Discusses the figure of Tash in two Narnia books, noting the imagery of Satan that is applied to the god of the Calormenes.

A Grief Observed: Fact Or Fiction?, Mary V. Borhek

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

Disagrees with Walter Hooper’s contention that Lewis’s marriage was never consummated. Uses excerpts from A Grief Observed as well as letters of Lewis, Davidman, and others. Discusses claims that A Grief Observed is fictionalized, not autobiographical, but concludes the latter is true.

Tolkien's "New" Mythology, William Edwin Bettridge

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

Discusses Tolkien’s particular retelling in The Lord of the Rings of three basic mythic elements: the quest, its outcome, and the kinds of characters needed to achieve it.

An Inklings Bibliography (39), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Kathryn Lindskoog, Glen Goodknight

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

C.S. Lewis: A Biography. A.N. Wilson. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis: A Biography. A.N. Wilson. Reviewed by Kathryn Lindskoog.

Letters to Lalage: the Letters of Charles Williams to Lois Lang-Sims. Lois Lang-Sims. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Letters to Lalage: the Letters of Charles Williams to Lois Lang-Sims. Lois Lang-Sims. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Riddle of Joy: G.K. Chesteron and C.S. Lewis. Michael H. MacDonald and Andrew A Tadie. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Our Paper 07/1990, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

"'Flight' And 'Pursuit': Fugitive Identity In Bleak House,", Cynthia N. Malone

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 04/1990, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Knowing God In William Blake: A Study To Find Meaning In His Work Through Plato, Swedenborg, And Mystical Tradition, David B. Gabel

Institute for the Humanities Theses

This project takes a look into the philosophical and theological sources found in the work of William Blake as they culminate in his epic poem Jerusalem. This study includes an examination of the philosophies of Plato and Emanuel Swedenborg, the mystical pathway, the Jewish mystical tradition known as Kabbalah, and finally an examination of the works of Blake himself. We work from a three-fold premise: 1) that mystical experience occurs, 2) that archetypes exist in the collective unconscious, and 3) that these archetypes can be known through intuition and mystical experience. The focus is on those elements which are characteristic …

A Question Of Time, Verlyn B. Flieger

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

Uses the ambiguous nature of time’s passage in Lórien to discuss the nature of time and timelessness in Middle-earth. Uses Tolkien’s other writings to suggest the symbolic meaning of time in Middle-earth.

Medieval Love-Madness And Divine Love, Gwenyth E. Hood

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

Study of love-madness in medieval literature in the context of C.S. Lewis’s Allegory of Love. Three types are identified: suicide, pining away, and raving madness.

Resurrecting The "Ancient Unities": The Incarnation Of Myth And The Legend Of Logres In C.S. Lewis' That Hideous Strength, Dorothy F. Lane

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

Examines how Lewis’s idea of “transposition […] the incorporation of the eternal into the material” operates in That Hideous Strength.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Holdstock, Robert. Lavondyss. Holdstock, Robert. Mythago Wood.

Subject Index To Mythlore, Issues 51-60, Trevor Reynolds

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

By author and subject.

Transcript Of Interview With Gurney Norman, Gurney Norman, Chris Green

Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative Interviews

An interview with Gurney Norman by Chris Green discussing the early days of the Southern Appalachian Writers Cooperative.

Reflections 1990, Deborah Cravey, Joyce Compton Brown

Reflections

The 1990 issue of Reflections is edited by Debroah Cravey with Joyce Compton Brown serving as faculty adviser. Cover art is by Glea Johnson. Award winners of the student writing contest include: Deborah Cravey, Billie Ford Dixon, and Joan Kyles. Award winners of the student art contest include: Glea Johnson, Tammie Etheron, and David Hartman.

Symbolizing The Supernatural In Carlyle’S Sartor Resartus, Dale W. Davis

Studies in English, New Series

No abstract provided.

The Vampire In Nineteenth Century Literature, Gwendolyn Whitehead

Studies in English, New Series

No abstract provided.