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Sauron Is Watching You: The Role Of The Great Eye In The Lord Of The Rings, Edward Lense

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

Finds a source for the Eye of Sauron, and other representations of baleful eyes in Tolkien’s work (“one of the most pervasive and compelling patterns of imagery”), in the Celtic mythological figure Balor of the Evil Eye.

An Inklings Bibliography (2), 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.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, George Colvin, Joe R. Christopher

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

Tolkien and the Silmarillion. Clyde S. Kilby. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Compleat Enchanter. L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Gerfalcon. Leslie Barringer. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Golden Wings and Other Stories. William Morris. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941): An Introduction to Her Life and Writings. Christopher J. R. Armstrong. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

The Secret Rituals of the Golden Dawn. R. G. Torrens. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

The Golden Dawn: The Inner Teachings. R. G. Torrens. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Dorothy L. Sayers And The Inklings, Joe R. Christopher

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

Notes known connections to Lewis and Williams on Sayers’s part (through the evidence of letters). Speculates on ways they may have influenced each other. Includes an excerpt from a Sayers letter on the Narnia books.

A Briefing For Briefing: Charles Williams' Descent Into Hell And Doris Lessing's Briefing For A Descent Into Hell, Ellen Cronan Rose

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

Asserts that “Doris Lessing’s naming of her book and its protagonist was both intentional and ironic, and that it acknowledges her indebtedness to the form of Williams’ fiction and her [...] futile gesture toward the Romantic amalgam of appearance and reality.”

Letters, Alexei Kondratiev, L. D. Fleckenstein Jr., Nancy-Lou Patterson, Jim Allan, Joseph R. Firneno, Alan Cohen, Mike Bazinet, Mary M. Stolzenbach, Margaret R. Purdy, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Valerie Protopapas, L. Sprague De Camp, Jeanne Wardwell

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

No abstract provided.

"Surprised By Joy": C.S. Lewis' Changing Attitudes Toward Women, Margaret Hannay

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

Presents “those chauvinistic elements which have irritated so many women” who encounter Lewis’s work, and argues that Lewis’s attitude toward women altered in his life and his work as he matured. See also a letter and response in Mythlore #15, p. 27–28, 30.

Reminiscences, Walter Hooper

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

Text of a talk at Mythcon VI by Walter Hooper, who worked for C.S. Lewis as his secretary for some time.

Toward A Sacramental Ecology: Technology, Nature And Transcendence In C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy, Ed Chapman

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

A study of ecological themes in Lewis’s Space Trilogy which concludes that Lewis was not (as many assume) hostile to science. Views it as “probably true” that he was “hostile to industrialism and technology,” however. Argues that “Lewis’s ecological concern was related to his vision of religious transcendence.”

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Joe R. Christopher, George Colvin, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Dark Wood to White Rose: A Study of Meanings in Dante's "Divine Comedy." Helen M. Luke. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

The Singer. Calvin Miller. Reviewed by George Colvin.

The Emperor Constantine: A Chronicle. Dorothy L. Sayers. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Mithrandir. Stephen O. Miller, illus. by Jean Brill. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Middle Earth—A World in Conflict. Stephen O. Miller, illus. by James Shull. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis: Reactions From Women, Kathryn Lindskoog

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

Recounts the experiences of eight women (including the author) who knew C.S. Lewis.

A Postscript On Kenneth Morris (1879-1937), Dainis Bisenieks

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Margaret M. Howes, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Frank A. Hallock, Lloyd Alexander, Harry Warner Jr., Alexei Kondratiev, Pierre H. Berube, L. D. Fleckenstein Jr.

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

No abstract provided.

A Toast To The Memory Of C. S. Lewis, A. C. Harwood

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

Text of a toast given by Cecil Harwood at the Friends of Lewis Party, 4 July 1975, at Magdalene College, Oxford. A collection of personal anecdotes by a longtime friend.

An Inklings Bibliography (1), 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.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

The Development Of Criteria For Evaluating Junior Premarital Pregnancy Novels, Connie Jo Barto

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to develop criteria that could be used by classroom teachers and media specialists to judge the quality of junior premarital pregnancy novels. A secondary purpose was to demonstrate by means of model critiques how the criteria could be applied. The professional literature reflected five categories of conern relating to junior premarital pregnancy novels: adolescent sexuality, didacticism, sexism, pat solutions, and stereotyped adults. The researcher selected a panel of six experts to comment on the categories of concern and to identify the ten most widely read titles in the genre. The panel included practicing media …

A Study In Moral Development In Children's Literature, Judith A. Casey

Graduate Research Papers

This study was undertaken for the purpose of analyzing children's picture books to determine if specific moral conflict episodes could be identified, according to Lawrence Kohlberg's cognitive theory of moral development. The identification of conflict dilemmas was made by examining selected books for young readers to identify and isolate problems encountered by one or more characters. If conflict story incidents could be identified and described, it seemed probable that teachers could use them as a primary source for stimulating discussions about moral problem solving behaviors. Thus, a second purpose was to determine if a process of questioning could be used …

Climbing Jacob’S Ladder: A Hierarchical Approach To Imagistic Mysticism, Joe R. Christopher

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

Discusses a number of poets and writers (including Lewis and Williams) related by similar philosophical and mystical traditions. Demonstrates how their work relates to Rudolph Otto’s definition of the Imagistic Way and its stages.

Celtic Myth In The Twentieth Century, Evangeline Walton

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

Discusses Celtic myth and “the comments made on it and its influence by the Celtic-born authors who can be said to influenced [her] own work.”

Missives To Mythlore, John L. Leland, Kathleen J. Gibbs

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

No abstract provided.

Book Review, Ed Chapman

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

The Not-World. Thomas Burnett Swann. Reviewed by Ed Chapman.

Footnotes From "The Christian Character Of Tolkien's Invented World", Willis D. Glover

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

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Warfare And Strategy In The Lord Of The Rings, Paul M. Lloyd

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

After a brief analysis of the medieval nature of the arms, armor, and troops in the War of the Ring, examines the strategic advantages and disadvantages of both sides. Postulates Sauron’s “poverty of imagination” as a fatal flaw. The realistic depiction of military strategy gives The Lord of the Rings a feeling of “true” history.

The Fool, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

No abstract provided.

Finder Of The Welsh Gods, Dainis Bisenieks

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

Discusses the fantasies of Kenneth Morris based on Welsh mythology.

Homo Monstrosus: Lloyd Alexander’S Gurgi And Other Shadow Figures Of Fantastic Literature, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Discusses Gurgi as the shadow archetype in Alexander’s Prydain Cycle and compares him to examples in other literature.

An Enlargement Of Being, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.