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English Language and Literature

1979

Thadara Ottobris

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George Macdonald And The Lilith Legend In The Xixth Century, Roderick F. Mcgillis Dec 1979

George Macdonald And The Lilith Legend In The Xixth Century, Roderick F. Mcgillis

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

Recounts the origins of the legend of Lilith, and gives examples of the use of Lilith figures by a number of nineteenth century writers. Examines MacDonald’s interpretation of Lilith in his novel of the same name.


An Inklings Bibliography (8), Joe R. Christopher Dec 1979

An Inklings Bibliography (8), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.


Heaven And Other Perilous Realms, Richard L. Purtill Oct 1979

Heaven And Other Perilous Realms, Richard L. Purtill

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

Examines the ways the short story “Leaf by Niggle” differs from other works by Tolkien: primarily because it is a more obvious allegory, but also because of the clear way the allegory is worked out morally, aesthetically, and religiously. Considers the story as “midway between the essay [OFS] where Tolkien talks about his work, and most of his other fiction and poetry, where he simply gets on with it.”


Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson Oct 1979

Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Examines the characters of visionary women—what Esther Harding calls the femme inspiratrice—in Lewis’s fiction. Part one focuses on Jane in That Hideous Strength. Part two focuses on Lucy in the Chronicles of Narnia.


Notes On Parzifal As The Holy Fool, James P. Wallace Apr 1979

Notes On Parzifal As The Holy Fool, James P. Wallace

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

Attempts to place the “divine folly” of von Eschenbach’s Parzifal within “various frameworks—Christian, Erasmusian, Hermetic, and Tarot."


An Inklings Bibliography (9), Joe R. Christopher Apr 1979

An Inklings Bibliography (9), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.