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An Inklings Bibliography (38), 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.

The Ways Of The Images In Charles Williams' The Place Of The Lion, Barry B. Doyle

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

Notes the importance of imagery to Williams, and shows how The Place of the Lion presents “three basic ways of how imagery is used and various examples of each way”: perversion, affirmation, and rejection. Charts.

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.

Letters, Mary M. Stolzenbach, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Sharon Battles, Margaret Carter, Kathryn Lindskoog, Diana Lynne Pavlac

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

No abstract provided.

Quenti Lambardillion: To Be Or Not To Be: A Quest, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Discusses the difficulties and pitfalls of translation, illustrated with the example of “The Song of Firiel.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Letter: A Footnote In The History Of The Mythopoeic Society, Glen Goodknight

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

An account of the founding and growth of the Mythopoeic Society and the beginning of a discussion of its potential future.

The Other 50th Anniversary, Jessica Yates

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

Discusses the Disney film Snow White and notes that Tolkien’s famous anti-Disney remark predated the latter’s films based on fairy tales. Notes possible sources of dwarf-names in Snow White and The Hobbit.

Tolkien's Monsters: Concept And Function In The Lord Of The Rings (Part Iii): Sauron, 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. The conclusion traces the development of the character of Sauron through preliminary versions in The History of Middle-earth and analyzes the climactic episode at Mount Doom in terms of Sauron’s success as monster and Frodo’s as hero.

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss1/5

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss3/8

Westview: Vol. 9, Iss. 3 (Spring 1990)

Westview

No abstract provided.

Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

Twice thirty suns of measured bliss, you danced within my arms to shanties of the sea.

Thurenfel's Source, Gerard Daniel Houarner

The Mythic Circle

The King of Pel looked down upon the flowing waters of the Thurenfel River, and was not content.

The Crimson Berries, Deborah L. Hunt

The Mythic Circle

Alec longingly pressed his forehead to the windowpane. The sun was finally coming out. Behind him, he heard the clatter of his nanny's footsteps in the hallway as she approached.

Hard Time, David Rubenstein

The Mythic Circle

Over the moonlit moor the wail of bagpipes rose and fell with the gusting of the wind; disembodied notes, measures lost in space and time, moving like the patches of mist that floated between the barren hilltops.

El Patio De Los Legartos, Michael Kocik

The Mythic Circle

After having lingered through one of the most gracious esplanades surrounding Madrid, my guide abruptly pulled up before a ‘polvo mojado’ -- a Moorish well, literally translating to ‘wet powder’ for the crystalline residue floating atop the tepid water found there - and paused for a long drink.

The Planet Of Scientists: A Fable, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

Once upon a time, in the future when mankind was settling some uninhabited planets (not that they all were), a spaceship load of scientists settled one planet, having decided not to bring to their new world any person whose thinking was muddled with religious passions.

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

This issue was intended for September, 1989, but during that month my (Lynn’s) husband was hit by a truck while we were walking back to our car after a visit to the L.A. County Fair. A hit-and-run accident has a way of re-prioritizing your life.

Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin

The Mythic Circle

Vulture: The vulture is the most fabulous of birds. Pigeons: The pigeons turned to vultures in the night, By morning light they were eating city carrion.

Prince Of Thieves, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

"Go not wandering, O ye maids, upon Gad’s hill, in the time of autumn when the daisies linger late. For there will you meet him, and learn to heap curses on the bitter hour in which you were born."

Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland

The Mythic Circle

I don’t know why we had to come here." "Please," Anna Cole said with a sigh. "Just humor me." She turned toward him. 'Take my hand, won’t you?"

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Bent Lorentzen, C. R. Schabel, Douglas Rossman, Alex Mcgilvery, F. Harris, Lawrence Schimel, Ron Blizzard, Mary-Edith Bridges, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Karen Harbaugh, Evelyn Cooper

The Mythic Circle

Letters from readers in The Mythic Circle #9

An Unearthly Pun, Bonnie B. Kennedy

The Mythic Circle

When the great god Zeus summoned the cartel of gods to a meeting, the lesser gods were forbidden to attend.

We Call It North Carolina, Kay Fortunato

The Mythic Circle

Stacy Miller pulled off the New York State Thruway and turned onto a narrow country road somewhere just north of Pembroke, a perfectly ordinary country road, by all appearances.

Sweet As Muscatel, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

Although my grandfather had made his fortune in trade, I had been educated as a gentleman and at first I expected Flora society to accept me as such.

Mythic Circle #9, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

This issue was intended for September, 1989, but during that month my (Lynn’s) husband was hit by a truck while we were walking back to our car after a visit to the L.A. County Fair. A hit-and-run accident has a way of re-prioritizing your life.

The Color Of White

Westview

No abstract provided.

Rilke And Le Guin, Barbara J. Bucknall

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

Seeks similarities in Rilke and Le Guin, especially in the power of naming and the view of death as a necessary part of life. Notes in particular parallels between Rilke’s Duino Elegies and The Farthest Shore.