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Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Examines the languages of Men in Middle-earth, and how they are represented by kinships with languages of our own world.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

The Aesthetics of Fantasy Literature and Art. Roger C. Schlobin. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Charles Williams. Agnes Sibley. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Charles Williams: An Eploration of His Life and Work. Alice Mary Hadfield. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis's Case for the Christian Faith. Richard L. Purtill. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Donaldson As Heir To Tolkien, Christine Barkley

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

Examines concerns shared by Donaldson and Tolkien, and traces the development of the fantasy “everyman” hero from Bilbo to Covenant. Applies Northrop Frye’s definitions of the hero to both authors’ works. Includes chart of parallels, covering similar concerns and techniques and the continuum of characters.

Lewis Carroll, Scientifictionist (Part Ii), Joe R. Christopher

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

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

Considers Carroll “as a writer of science fiction, as a forerunner (in a general way) of Lewis and other SF writers.” Cites examples from a number of Carroll’s works.

Part 1: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol9/iss3/9

The Childlike Hobbit, Tisa Ho

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

Considers aspects of the depiction of hobbits in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that emphasize their childlike qualities, and considers questions of the significance of this depiction and of the intended audience for these works.

Cavalier Treatment: After The Dawn, Lee Speth

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

This is Part 2 of a 2 part column.

A discussion of Ithell Colquhoun’s Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn encompasses an assessment of the esoteric cultist urge and a discussion of Charles Williams’s involvement with, and later distancing from, this group.

Read or download part 1 at https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol9/iss3/14

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

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

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Norse Mythological Elements In The Hobbit, Mitzi M. Brunsdale

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

Considers the influence of Norse mythology on The Hobbit in particular, both in story elements and in “Northern courage.” Asserts that in The Hobbit, Tolkien “bases each of the major elements of the quest on an identifiably Northern mythological source.” Sees the moral choices presented in The Hobbit as characteristic of those faced by the “stern heroes of Northern myths” and important to children, whose notions of right and wrong are more basic than those of adults.

One-Handed, Margaret R. Purdy

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

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A Retelling Within A Myth Retold: The Priest Of Essur And Lewisian Mythopoetics, Peter J. Schakel

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

Asks why Lewis felt the myth of Cupid and Psyche needed to be retold. The story told by the Priest of Essur is a “middle step” between the original myth and Lewis’s recasting of it, in which the incomplete pagan notion of sacrifice gives way to the fullness of that theme in Christianity.

Tolkien's Calendar & Ithildin, Rhona Beare

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

Identifies the years Tolkien used as a basis for moon phases and other celestial events in The Lord of the Rings as 1944–1945.

The Excellent Absurdity: Substitution And Co-Inherence In C.S. Lewis And Charles Williams, Nancy C. Hanger

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

Cites examples of Williams’s notions of coinherence and exchange in both his works and those of Lewis.

The Origin Of Gandalf And Josef Madlener, Manfred Zimmerman

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

Disputes the story in Carpenter’s biography about the origin of Gandalf in a picture postcard Tolkien acquired in 1911, pointing out that the painting on which the postcard was based was painted in 1925 or later.

The Fisher King In That Hideous Strength, Ellen Rawson

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

Notes how Ransom’s persona in That Hideous Strength as a modern Fisher King “contributes to Lewis’s idea of Logres versus Britain.” Notes parallels between the legend of the Fisher King and events of That Hideous Strength.

The Queen Of Atlantis, R. C. Walker

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

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An Inklings' Bibliography (23), Joe R. Christopher

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

This Bibliography is an annotated checklist covering both primary and secondary materials on J. R. R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and the other Inklings.

Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Examines the linguistic structure of three of the spells cast by Gandalf.

Letters, Nancy C. Hanger, Margaret R. Purdy, David Doughan, Stephan Peregrine, Wendell Wagner Jr., Anders Stenstrom, Scott Smith

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

No abstract provided.

Mythopoesis: A Column, Sarah Beach

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

No abstract provided.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Women -- Victims Of Society, Rachel N. Overstreet

Theses & Honors Papers

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Our Paper 12/1983, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Isabel's Sexual Drama, Barbara Pinson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Henry James, Jr. (1843-1916) has had a greater impact on the world of the novel than any other writer. The greatest controversy surrounding this most prolific of American authors and critics Concerns the area of sexual passion. The most insidious criticism leveled against James is that he and his characters lack sexuality. The whole problem is epitomized in this perusal of the sexual consciousness of Isabel Archer Osmond, the famous heroine in The Portrait of a Lady. While many critics simply ignore Isabel's sexuality, many others are less discerning than they should be, and some are absolutely mistaken: they …

Literary Nationalism And Ambivalence In Washington Irving's The Life And Voyages Of Christopher Columbus, John D. Hazlett

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Comedy: The Uncertain Terrain Of John Hawkes, Peter Johnson

English Faculty Publications

This dissertation examines the nature and function of

John Hawkes' comic method. Although most critics acknowledge

that Hawkes writes comedy, very few of them

agree on the moral nature of this comedy. Chapter I

examines these differing responses to Hawkes' work and

offers an alternative way of evaluating his humor, based

on his own and other critics' comments on comedy. This

chapter also suggests that our responses to Hawkes' humor

occur on an uncertain terrain where two or more, sometimes

opposite, reactions to a text clash, forcing us into continuous

moments of indecision.

Chapter II deals with Hawkes' first novel, …

Our Paper 11/1983, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 10/1983, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Blake, Hegel And Dialectic [Review], Michael Fischer

English Faculty Research

According to David Punter, "Blake's dialectic and Hegel's share a number of crucial features" (p. 11), making Hegel's Phenomenology the "closest parallel to [Blake's] work" (p. 17). By emphasizing progression through contraries, both Blake and Hegel transform the dialectical tradition that they presumably inherit from Heraclitus, Giordano Bruno, and Jakob Böhme, all of whom Punter analyzes in his opening chapter. Subsequent chapters trace the similarities that Punter finds among such works as the Phenomenology, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and The Four Zoas. Although Punter calls his comparison of Blake and Hegel "important and fruitful" (p. …

Vol. 3, No. 4 (1983), William Boozer, Michel Gresset

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Rediscovering James T. Farrell, Charles Fanning

Bridgewater Review

No major American writer has been worse served by criticism than James T. Farrell. After the publication in 1935 of his first fictional series, the Studs Lonigan trilogy, Farrell labored for four decades under an unjust and unfounded critical accusation. During these years, many influential critics dealt with his fiction as it appeared by mechanical citation of a party line which ran as follows: "James T. Farrell is that sad case, a one-book writer. Studs Lonigan is credible fiction, albeit in the limiting and dated naturalistic mode pioneered by Theodore Dreiser. But his subsequent novels have been obsessive reworkings of …

"These": Williams' Deepest Descent, Peter Schmidt

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.