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Tolkien’S Exceptional Visit To Holland, Revisited: An Acquaintance With Maartje Draak, Bart Jaski, Kris Swank Oct 2025

Tolkien’S Exceptional Visit To Holland, Revisited: An Acquaintance With Maartje Draak, Bart Jaski, Kris Swank

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

This note revisits J.R.R. Tolkien’s trip to the Netherlands, March 28-31, 1958, including his attendance at the Rotterdam Hobbit-maaltijd (“Hobbit Meal” or “Hobbit Dinner”), and afterwards. It focuses specifically on his interactions with Prof. Dr. Maartje Draak, a prominent Dutch Celticist. Although Prof. Draak is not mentioned in René van Rossenberg’s paper, “Tolkien’s Exceptional Visit to Holland: A Reconstruction” (Mythlore 1996), items from Prof. Draak’s archives at Utrecht University and an offprint paper she sent to Tolkien in 1959 allow us to recover Tolkien’s acquaintance with this important Dutch scholar, to enhance our picture of the famous Hobbit Dinner, …


Credit Where Credit’S Due: Douglass Parker And J.S. Ryan, Matthew Thompson-Handell Oct 2025

Credit Where Credit’S Due: Douglass Parker And J.S. Ryan, Matthew Thompson-Handell

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

This Note presents evidence that J.S. Ryan's 1966 essay on Germanic influences on Tolkien plagiarized some content in Douglass Parker's 1957 review essay on The Lord of the Rings "Hwaet, We Holbytla."


Literary Tributaries: Classical And Romantic Influences In The Wind In The Willows, Landon Burgess Loftin Oct 2025

Literary Tributaries: Classical And Romantic Influences In The Wind In The Willows, Landon Burgess Loftin

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

Some interpreters of The Wind in the Willows have suggested that Ratty’s beloved river should be understood as a symbol of the imagination. Whether this is true or not, we may benefit from thinking of Grahame’s own imagination as a river that derives much of its force from both Classical and Romantic tributaries. In what follows, I will explore the lower reaches of these tributaries, not only to contextualize and illuminate The Wind in the Willows, but also to address several persistent questions about its composition and reception. I turn first to the Classical tributary, which flows with the imaginings …


Saunders Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, And The Place Of Magic In Fantasy, Alexander Retakh Oct 2025

Saunders Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, And The Place Of Magic In Fantasy, Alexander Retakh

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

Welsh writer Saunders Lewis was, just as his almost exact contemporary J.R.R.Tolkien, a politically conservative Catholic with a deep interest in medieval myths. Both authors wrote fantasy based on Celtic tales, such as Lewis's play Blodeuwedd and Tolkien's poem The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. While the latter follows the dicta of Tolkien's own "On Fairy-stories," Lewis created a more modernist work. Despite biographical and ideological similarities, the two approached their sources differently. Tolkien looked for unifying aesthetic principles that he called "unhazy unromantic momentariness," while Lewis used the traditional material to escape the constraints of romantic and realistic …


Fathoming The Mathom-House: Museums And Material Heritage In Tolkien’S Legendarium, Stuart Bowes Oct 2025

Fathoming The Mathom-House: Museums And Material Heritage In Tolkien’S Legendarium, Stuart Bowes

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

As a renowned author and philologist, J.R.R. Tolkien has long been associated with the processes of literary transmission performed by libraries and archives. His engagement with the comparable cultural institution of the museum is less evident. By charting the gradual integration of the Michel Delving Mathom-house into Middle-Earth, this paper considers Tolkien’s fictional interpretation of a contemporary museum and how it served to enrich his legendarium. It first traces the textual history of this collecting institution from its marginal addition in the drafts of The Hobbit to its considered treatment in The Lord of the Rings. A pivotal development …


Lothlórien: Gendered Spaces, Cartographic Nominalism, And Galadriel’S Queerness, Bo Kampmann Walther Oct 2025

Lothlórien: Gendered Spaces, Cartographic Nominalism, And Galadriel’S Queerness, Bo Kampmann Walther

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

Tolkien’s portrayal of Lothlórien is layered with complexities that reflect broader tensions between the feminine landscape and the masculine impulse to understand, name, and rationalize the world. This article examines the ‘fight’ over Lothlórien and its entitlement to truth from both female and male perspectives. It combines a close reading of passages from The Fellowship of the Ring with theories of name-giving, power, and mapping. The article concludes by evaluating these insights through the lens of Kristeva’s concept of the “abject” and discussing what ‘queer’ might mean in the Tolkien oeuvre.


Editorial, Janet Croft Oct 2025

Editorial, Janet Croft

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

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Elopement And Marriage Among The Shakers, Tom Sakmyster Oct 2025

Elopement And Marriage Among The Shakers, Tom Sakmyster

Communal Societies

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Intentional Community Traditions And Radical Activism: The Rifton, Ny Bruderhof And Blu Magazine, Paul C. Mishler Oct 2025

Intentional Community Traditions And Radical Activism: The Rifton, Ny Bruderhof And Blu Magazine, Paul C. Mishler

Communal Societies

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The Evolution Of The Term “Intentional Community", Donald E. Janzen Oct 2025

The Evolution Of The Term “Intentional Community", Donald E. Janzen

Communal Societies

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A Vision With A Business: Kerista Commune’S Utopian Capitalism, Annelise Vought Oct 2025

A Vision With A Business: Kerista Commune’S Utopian Capitalism, Annelise Vought

Communal Societies

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From The Editors, Heather Van Wormer, Thomas A. Guiler, Susan Love Brown Oct 2025

From The Editors, Heather Van Wormer, Thomas A. Guiler, Susan Love Brown

Communal Societies

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Front Matter Oct 2025

Front Matter

Communal Societies

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Front Matter Oct 2025

Front Matter

Communal Societies

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From The Editors, Thomas A. Guiler, Susan Love Brown, Heather Van Wormer, Cheryl Coulthard Oct 2025

From The Editors, Thomas A. Guiler, Susan Love Brown, Heather Van Wormer, Cheryl Coulthard

Communal Societies

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Far Out West: A Utopian Comic Adventure, Cheryl Coulthard Oct 2025

Far Out West: A Utopian Comic Adventure, Cheryl Coulthard

Communal Societies

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Self-Justification In The Artistic Practice And Artworks Of Kibbutz Women Artists, Ruth Yurovski Oct 2025

Self-Justification In The Artistic Practice And Artworks Of Kibbutz Women Artists, Ruth Yurovski

Communal Societies

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Constructing Community: Building Design, Infrastructure, And Ecological Habitus At Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Zach Rubin, Joshua Lockyer Oct 2025

Constructing Community: Building Design, Infrastructure, And Ecological Habitus At Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Zach Rubin, Joshua Lockyer

Communal Societies

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The Marketplace, Migration, And Material Culture: Origins Of Distinction In Kentucky Shaker Furniture, Marc A. Rhorer Oct 2025

The Marketplace, Migration, And Material Culture: Origins Of Distinction In Kentucky Shaker Furniture, Marc A. Rhorer

Communal Societies

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The Zoar Artist, Kathleen Fernandez Oct 2025

The Zoar Artist, Kathleen Fernandez

Communal Societies

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Review Of The Benedictine Option: A Strategy For Christians In A Post-Christian Nation, Etta Madden Oct 2025

Review Of The Benedictine Option: A Strategy For Christians In A Post-Christian Nation, Etta Madden

Communal Societies

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Back Matter Oct 2025

Back Matter

Communal Societies

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International Herb: The Career Of Shaker Herbalist Elisha Myrick, Christian Goodwillie Oct 2025

International Herb: The Career Of Shaker Herbalist Elisha Myrick, Christian Goodwillie

Communal Societies

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Overview Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Grace Ann Steiner Oct 2025

Overview Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Grace Ann Steiner

The Kabod

Traumatic events are often unexpected and can be experienced in a variety of ways; individuals may directly be involved, witness the event, or hear about traumatic events occurring to people that they know. Traumatic events can be due to human actions (such as war, terrorism, violence, or sexual abuse), but can also be secondary to nature (such as hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, or flooding); the event itself does not determine if an event is traumatic, but rather, the individual’s perception and experience of such an event. Thus, trauma can occur at any developmental age and vary between individuals due to personal …


North Korea’S Foreign Relations, Kaeli Rasnake Oct 2025

North Korea’S Foreign Relations, Kaeli Rasnake

The Kabod

Many assume that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, ruled by Kim Jong Un, is an isolated nation with ties only to its neighbors, China and Russia; however, that is far from the case. North Korea has a plethora of relations with other nations across the globe, most common in Africa and Southeast Asia. While these nations are relatively far from North Korea, that issue has not discouraged them from flourishing, as they often share underlying themes of mutual interest, economic necessity, and historical ties. This paper aims to explore the interactions between North …


Types Of Burns And Burn Care, Frances Hagberg Oct 2025

Types Of Burns And Burn Care, Frances Hagberg

The Kabod

Burn treatment focuses on minimizing tissue damage, preventing infection, managing pain, and promoting optimal healing. The severity of burns—classified as first, second, or third degree—determines the appropriate therapeutic approach, which may include wound cleaning, topical antibiotics, dressings, fluid resuscitation, and surgical interventions such as debridement or grafting. Effective treatment requires careful monitoring and support through each healing stage to reduce complications and improve functional and cosmetic outcomes.


“Mind The Gap”: The Importance Of Black Romance, Sierra Bouyer Oct 2025

“Mind The Gap”: The Importance Of Black Romance, Sierra Bouyer

The Kabod

“Romance is a necessary part of life,” Drew quotes Beverly Jenkins saying in an interview she did with People magazine. The topic of the discussion was the importance of Black romance due to the large influx of romance novels with white protagonists, and a lack of Black characters (or people of color) as protagonists or characters in general. This discussion took place in the 90s when Black romance was beginning to gain traction, but Black romance novels were nonexistent before the 1990s. This lack of Black romance caused a large gap to ensue between mainstream novels that were mostly white …


The Architects Of Consensus: Propaganda, Patriotism, And The Owi’S Battle For The American Mind, Ryan G. Fix Oct 2025

The Architects Of Consensus: Propaganda, Patriotism, And The Owi’S Battle For The American Mind, Ryan G. Fix

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

During World War II, the Office of War Information (OWI) became the United States' most sophisticated domestic propaganda agency, charged with forging national unity in the face of global conflict. This paper explores how the OWI fused federal authority with private-sector cooperation to influence public sentiment through film, advertising, journalism, and rumor control. Rather than resorting to direct censorship, the agency relied on voluntary collaboration, emotional appeal, and strategic framing to shape a coherent narrative that blurred the line between democratic persuasion and ideological management. Drawing on an extensive range of primary sources, including internal memos, field reports, and public …


Shaping Wartime Illinois: Dwight H. Green’S Re-Election Campaign Of 1944, Cole D. Klicker Oct 2025

Shaping Wartime Illinois: Dwight H. Green’S Re-Election Campaign Of 1944, Cole D. Klicker

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

The 1944 Illinois gubernatorial election was a pivotal moment in the state’s political history, taking place amidst the broader context of World War II. Despite Illinois voters supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fourth presidential term and electing a Democratic senator, they diverged at the state level by re-electing Republican Governor Dwight H. Green. This raises the central research question: What factors contributed to Dwight H. Green’s successful re-election campaign in 1944, and how did his political strategies, governance, and alignment with 1940s Republican values shape the outcome of the election? This study explores Green’s ability to navigate the complex political environment …


The Morality Of The Civil War: Just War Theory And Union Policy And Conduct, Michael Payne Oct 2025

The Morality Of The Civil War: Just War Theory And Union Policy And Conduct, Michael Payne

Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History

This article shall argue that the Union army, which was composed primarily of Christian soldiers and officers, prosecuted the Civil War in as moral a fashion as possible. It shall examine the different ways in which one can judge the morality of war, concluding that the tenets of Just War Theory are the best standard by which to judge a belligerent’s actions. It shall then examine Union war policy to determine if it is consistent with Just War Theory. This shall be done through a side-by-side comparison of Just War Theory’s tenets and Union policy. It shall then explore whether …