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Onward And Upward, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Quenti Lambardillion: The Laborer-Asthete: Tengwar On The Title Page, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Considers the Runic and Tengwar letters on the title pages of The Lord of the Rings as compared to The Silmarillion and other subsequent titles edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Rites Of Passage: The Chronicles Of Narnia & The Seven Sacraments, Jim Pietrusz

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

Sees each of the Narnia chronicles except The Last Battle associated with one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic and Anglican traditions.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Calendars, Or The Saga Of Hador The Incompetent, Darrell A. Martin

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

Finds inconsistencies in The Lord of the Rings appendix relating Middle-earth’s calendars to the Gregorian.

Peter Pan: The Lost Last Act, Michael A. Foster

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

Describes a little-known alternative ending to Peter Pan, found only in the manuscript of the first draft in Indiana University’s Lilly Library.

The Hero's Education In Sacrificial Love: Thomas Covenant, Christ Figure, Matthew A. Fike

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

Traces Thomas Covenant’s development through six books, into a character capable of sacrificial love. Notes that despite frequent Christ-imagery associated with Covenant, the latter’s sacrifice is of a different type.

Apocalyptic Vision In The Lord Of The Rings, J. R. Wytenbroek

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

Sees many parallels between events described in Revelation and those in The Lord of the Rings. In particular, sees Aragorn as a type of the Christ of the Apocalypse.

Echoes In Age From The World Of J.R.R. Tolkien, E. L. Edmunds

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

An author who encountered Tolkien at Oxford recounts a series of personal and literary responses after long familiarity with Tolkien’s work.

"…And There Shall The Lilith Repose", Heather L. Blasdell

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

Notes the attributes of Lilith in mythology, and demonstrates how Jadis and the Emerald Witch of Narnia, and Williams’s Lily Sammile in Descent Into Hell, share these characteristics.

The Choosing, Nancy Ester James

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Joan Marie Verba, Lynn Maudlin, Christopher Gilson, Pat Reynolds, Darrell A. Martin, Helena Sanders

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

No abstract provided.

"All Nerves And Nose": Lord Peter Wimsey As Wounded Healer In The Novels Of Dorothy L. Sayers, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Finds parallels in the life of Lord Peter Wimsey (as delineated in Sayers’s novels) to the shamanistic journey. In particular, Lord Peter’s war experiences have made him a type of Wounded Healer.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Donaldson, Stephen R. Mordant’s Need. Tepper, Sheri S. The Awakeners.

Light From An Invisible Lamp: Natural Religion In The Lord Of The Rings, Catherine Madsen

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

Argues that the tendency of many critics of The Lord of the Rings to “[mine] it for Christian content” does the work a disservice, since Tolkien explicitly states that a Secondary World should not contain Primary World elements. Examines the “natural religion” present in The Lord of the Rings, without obvious ritual, dogma, or god.

The Souls Of Animals: Evolution Of The Combative Ideal, Dee Anne Westbrook

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

Examines two stages in the life of the Northern European hero—initiation, and “end of his career, when he becomes victim.” Associates this with the mythology of animals and the hunter/warrior.

Priestess And Goddess: Evolution Of Human Consciousness In The Greater Trumps, Donna R. White

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

Extracts a definition of fantasy from Barfield’s theory of consciousness, and calls Williams a “master at [...] Barfieldian fantasy.” Analyzes The Greater Trumps as “the best exemplum” of this kind of fantasy, “that explores some aspect of human consciousness by reviving a mythic mode of thought.”

Phantastes As Metafiction: George Macdonald's Self-Reflexive Myth, John Pennington

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

Considers MacDonald a more modern and self-reflexive fantasist then previously recognized. Believes the use of “other myths and interpolated fictions” in Phantastes “anticipates modern metafictional techniques.”

Warfaring Christian, George Musacchio

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

Notes the significance of Ransom’s experience battling the Unman in Perelandra to his character development.

Fantasy And The Tradition Of Christian Art, Gene Edward Veith

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

Argues that “Christianity [...] was instrumental in making fantasy literature conceptually possible” by undermining “the principle of art as mimesis”—through the Hebraic injunction against idols and the Christian view of pagan myths as untrue but acceptable as “aesthetically delightful.”

The Anonymous Fairy Tale: Ruskin's King Of The Golden River, Marjorie J. Burns

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

Discusses Ruskin’s only fairy tale as a successful work, reflecting his interest in Northern landscapes. Notes female symbolism despite a lack of female characters. Recounts how Ruskin’s psychological problems made him ambivalent toward, and eventually mistrustful of, fantasy.

Quenti Lambardillion: Turkish Delight, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Addresses the wealth of material in The Lost Road and Other Writings, the fifth volume of The Histories of Middle-earth, and uses it to attempt a translation of the “1916 Quenya poem.”

Editorial Opening, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Stephen Schaper, Diana Lynne Pavlac, Jorge Quinonez, Loretta Gallagher, Betty J. Irwin, Bob Acker, David Doughan

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

No abstract provided.

The Council Of Stewards, Mythlore Staff

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Mythlore Staff

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

Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell. Mythology Limited. Reviewed by Norma Roche.

C.S. Lewis: His Literary Achievement. C.N. Manlove. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Silmarillion As Aristotelian Epic-Tragedy, David Greenman

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

Illustrates how the First Age narratives in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales implement key ideas from Aristotle’s Poetics. Identifies the history of the first age as Aristotelian epic-tragedy.

"There And Back Again" ~ Odysseus And Bilbo Baggins, Kenneth J. Reckford

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

Sees parallels between incidents in The Odyssey and The Hobbit. Bilbo and Odysseus also share similar development as heroes during their respective journeys.

Wyrd And Will: Fate, Fatalism, And Free Will In The Northern Elegy And J.R.R. Tolkien, Steven Mark Deyo

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

Notes Tolkien’s admiration for the literature and myth of the pagan North. Discusses how the concepts of loyalty to lord, battle-ethic, wyrd and free will appear in Arda, but transmuted by Tolkien’s Christian viewpoint.

Involvement, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Editorial Philosophy, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.