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Mythos: The Daughter Of Mountains, The Mother Of Pearls, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Discusses various definitions of myth, and its relationship to the fairy-tale. Considers Tolkien’s views of these and use of them as subcreator.

The Middle-Earth Epic And The Seven Capital Vices, John L. Treloar S.J.

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

Examines Tolkien’s use of habitual evil choices of free beings leading to vices. Defines the seven capital sins more properly as vices, or habitual patterns, based on the work of Thomas Aquinas, and shows how Tolkien used them to give depth and motivation to characters in Middle-earth.

To Defend Of To Correct: Patterns Of Culture In Always Coming Home, Lilliam M. Heldreth

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

Relates Hilgartner and Bartter’s extension of linguistic theory into behavior theory to the cultures of the Kesh and the Condors. Explains their cultural patterns of “image-correction” and “image-defense.” Sees utopian and dystopian elements tempered by realistic views of human nature.

Letters, Kathryn Lindskoog, David Doughan, Robert Elwood, Gracia Fay Elwood, Janice K. Coulter, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Paula Disante, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Maria Nikolajeva, Pat Reynolds

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

The 1990 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar. Illus. by Ted Nasmith. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

Letters: A Study in Friendship. C.S. Lewis and Don Giovanni Calabria. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Joseph Campbell, An Introduction. Robert A Segal. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Magic Code: The Use of Magical Patterns in Fantasy for Children. Maria Nikolajeva. Reviewed by Pat Reynolds.

Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography. James Brabazon. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Growth And Consolation, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Perpetual Winter In C.S. Lewis And Patricia Mckillip, Margaret Carter

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

Sees a number of plot similarities and intriguing differences between Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and McKillip’s The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath. The most significant difference is the ambiguous world-view of the latter as regards good and evil and the motivations of the heroes.

Neither Here Nor There: The Spirit Of Place In George Macdonald's Lilith And Lewis' Till We Have Faces, Kath Filmer

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

Sees Lilith as important influence on Lewis’s Till We Have Faces, especially the “spiritual implications of the sense of place.”

To Live From A New Root’: The Uneasy Consolation Of All Hallows’ Eve, Marlene Marie Mckinley

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

Analyzes Williams’s view of love in All Hallows’ Eve, noting the challenging and disquieting notion of giving up earthly attachments and definitions of the phrase to “live from a new root.”

Tolkien's Monsters: Concept And Function In The Lord Of The Rings (Part 1) The Balrog Of Khazad-Dum, Joe Abbott

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

THIS IS A THREE-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PARTS, FOLLOW THE LINKS AT THE END OF THIS ABSTRACT.

Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influenced his own concept of ‘monster’ and what function that concept should fulfill within” The Lord of the Rings. Part I analyzes the literary function of Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog in Khazad-dûm.

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss2/7

Part 3:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss3/8

A Ring Of Good Bells: Providence And Judgement In Dorothy L. Sayers' The Nine Tailors, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Analyzes the action of Providence in The Nine Tailors to bring about retributive justice. Sees the novel as an expression of Sayers’s views on the creative process of the Christian artist.

An Inklings Bibliography (36), 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

No abstract provided.

Emerson And Skepticism: The Cipher Of The World [Review], Michael Fischer

English Faculty Research

In Emerson and Skepticism John Michael argues that even in Emerson's early works his famous self-reliance was more a dream than an achievement. For Michael this dream dates from Emerson's initial quarrel with Unitarianism. In Emerson's "The Lord's Supper," the skeptical arguments that Unitarians had turned against orthodox Christianity come back to haunt Unitarianism itself. We are presumably left with the autonomous individual, the Emerson who can confidendy say to his Unitarian teachers, "This mode of commemorating Christ is not suitable to me. That is reason enough why I should abandon it" (p. 17). But, as Michael points out, this …

Our Paper 10/1989, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Vol. 9, No. 4 (1989), A. A. Akopyan, William Boozer, W. S. Shipman Jr.

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Samuel Johnson, Scepticism, And Biography, Martin Maner

English Language and Literatures Faculty Publications

Johnson's sceptical approach to biography is a dialectic by which Johnson engages the reader in testing the limits of biographical inference. This biographical scepticism derives from the scientific epistemologies of Locke and Bacon, the writings of Pierre Bayle, and the "constructive scepticism" of the seventeenth-century Christian apologists.

Edward Fitzgerald And Bernard Barton: An Unsparing Friendship, Jeffrey P. Martin

The Courier

This article details the correspodence between the "Quaker poet" Bernard Barton and famous literary figures of his era, especially his friend and fellow writer Edward FitzGerald. The source of the article is the Alfred McKinley Terhune Collection, found in Syracuse University's Special Collections. Barton's letters, which are often lively and full of fresh opinion, are (thankfully) still valued today, both for the subjects they deal with and for the people they address. As one critic has stated, "Barton never considered his own letters as literary productions. Rather he felt that his poetry was his sole claim to literary fame." It …

Our Time, Fall 1989, Vol. 8, Our Time Staff

Our Time

Poetry
2 "Sometimes I can…" .....Cheryl Echan
Apprentice..... Crystal Keller
A World Painted Gold..... Jeanne-Marie Fuchila
4 "Armed with today…"...... Kym Graham
Black Rain..... Susan Inneo
Where the Dandelions Grow...... Sharon J. Purcell
6 "The old man…" ......Mark W. Trawitz
"We are the generation…"...... Susan H. Nead
Hourglass..... Ed McNamara
7 Revelation..... Susan lnneo
Yesterday Has Passed...... Jennifer Quirk
8 Willow..... Laura Webber
"The barren branch…"..... Kimberly Michele
9 "Dream me in…"...... John Sweet
"For the short…" ......Heather Riley
13 Look ln Me..... Jennifer Quirk
Eyes of the Ghost..... John Sweet
14 "Burning bright…"...... Darnae Eldred
The Beast Unseen...... Heather …

Gilman's Gothic Allegory: Rage And Redemption In The Yellow Wallpaper, Greg Johnson

Faculty Articles

Discusses the 19th-century short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Comparison with the insistence of the poet Emily Dickinson's mother to install new wallpaper in her bedroom before Emily was born; Suggestion of Gothic themes of confinement and rebellion, forbidden desire and irrational fear; View of the behavior of the story's female narrator.

Our Paper 09/1989, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

A Victorian View Of Old Age: Legacy To The Twentieth Century, Maria M. Baber

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 08/1989, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Charlotte Mew: An Introduction, Sandra Carol Joiner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) published short stories, essays, and poetry between 1894 and the time of her death. She published a slim volume of poems in 1916, a few of which place her as one of the great English poets. Indeed, both Thomas Hardy and Virginia Woolf thought her one of the greatest living female poets. Mew is particularly interesting as a poet who was born in the Victorian period, published during the “decadent decade” of the nineties, throughout Edward’s reign, and well into the reign of George V. Although few of Mew’s poems are dated, there is a gradual yet …

Mythcon 20 - Mythic Elements In Fantasy, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

The Mythopoeic Conferences - sometimes called "Mythcons" in short - are a unique blend of many creative and intellectual elements, where scholars, fans, and those who just like the literature, come together for both relaxing and stimulating exchange.

J.R.R. Tolkien And The Journey North, Marjorie J. Burns

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

Analyzes the symbolic importance of directions in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Notes the pervasive Nordic influence in particular, especially in the similar symbolic attributes of North and East.

La Belle Dame Sans Merci: Cultural Criticism And The Mythopoeic Imagination In George Macdonald's Lilith, Kath Filmer

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

Examines MacDonald’s critique of capitalism in Lilith as well as its spiritual and psychological elements—especially the theme of dying-to-self.

Golden Chains Of Coincidence: A C.S. Lewis Puzzle Solved And Mystery To Ponder, Kathryn Lindskoog

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

Gives biographical background on the early 20th century evangelist Sundar Singh. Speculates that Singh, well-known in Lewis’s time, is the model for the Sura mentioned in That Hideous Strength.

J.M. Barrie And The Du Mauriers, Rebecca A. Carey

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

Notes the influence of several members of the Du Maurier family on the writings of J.M. Barrie—particularly on Peter Pan.

The Ouroboros Principle: Time And Love In Zimiamvia, Verlyn Fleiger

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

Analyzes the theme of return in A Fish Dinner in Memison, noting its “haunting pattern of I and simultaneity.” Concentrates on the interrelationships of the male/female pairs on Earth and Zimiamvia.

Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Considers the declension of nouns in Quenya.