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Bird Language In T.H. White’S The Sword In The Stone, Marie Nelson

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

Analyzes the talking birds in The Sword in the Stone for what they show about White’s knowledge of language. Notes the birds use “dialects appropriate to their social levels” and “speak, at various times, language characteristic of different stages in the origin of bird language.”

The Water Babies: An Appreciation, Mary M. Stolzenbach

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

Brief description and criticism of The Water Babies.

Cavalier Treatment: We're Off To See The Analyst, Lee Speth

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

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Mythology, Poul Anderson

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

Attempts to define mythology in a broad context. Contends that truly mythic literature is rare, and science fiction is a mythology for modern times. Offers some “guesses” about the future of science fiction and fantasy.

Malory, Mark Allaby

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

No abstract provided.

Ransom In Perelandra: Jungian Hero?, Corbin S. Carnell

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

Sees Ransom’s character development in Perelandra as a classic case of Jungian individuation by undergoing the aspects of Campbell’s “monomyth.” Sees some affinities between Jung’s theory of personality and Lewis’s Christianity.

A Forerunner Of Tolkien? Walter De La Mare’S The Three Royal Monkeys, Vera Chapman

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

Sees parallels between De la Mare’s 1910 book and Tolkien’s work. Wonders if Tolkien encountered it.

An Inklings' Bibliography (17), 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.

Rendering Of Tolkien's Alliterative Verse, Manfred Zimmerman

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

Describes the principles of alliterative verse and corrects some errors which have crept into reprintings of Tolkien’s “Homecoming.” Shows the proper stress of syllables in the verse as it should be read aloud.

She And Tolkien, John D. Rateliff

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

Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and traces borrowings and influences of the series on Tolkien, particularly parallels between the characters of Ayesha and Galadriel and between the cities of Kor and Gondolin.

Granting Charles Williams His Doneé, Thomas Howard

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

Discusses the difficulty of objective criticism of Williams as a novelist because of his unusual, sui generis subject matter and treatment.

A Winter's Tale, Mark Allaby

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

No abstract provided.

No Sun Over Narnia, Mark Allaby

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Sister Mary Anthony Weinig, Manfred Zimmerman, Grace E. Funk

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

Poems and Stories. J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Tolkien's Art. Jane Chance Nitzsche. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy L, Sayers: Nine Literary Studies. Trevor H. Hall. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis. Spinner of Tales. Evan K. Gibson. Reviewed by Sister Mary Anthony Weinig.

J.R.R. Tolkien. "Fantasy Literature" als Wunscherfulling und Weltdeutung. Dieter Petzold. Reviewed by Manfred Zimmerman.

The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. Ursula Le Guin, edited and with introduction by Susan Wood. Reviewed by Grace E. Funk.

Matters Of Grave Import, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

Discusses two of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, and considers their possible influence on Lewis’s Narnian stories.

The Man In The Wind, Darrell Schweitzer

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

No abstract provided.

Thematic Implications Of C.S. Lewis' Spirits In Bondage, Stephen Thorson

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

Speculates about reasons for comparative critical neglect of Lewis’s early poetry collection. Discusses the “main themes [...] in light of the movement of the entire work.”

An Inklings Bibliography (16), 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.

Predictability And Wonder: Familiarity And Recovery In Tolkien's Works, Christine Barkley

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

Explores Tolkien’s technique of balancing the predictable and every-day with the wonderful by viewing things from unfamiliar perspectives. Links this to his ideas about “recovery” in “On Fairy-stories.”

The World, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

No abstract provided.

C.S. Lewis And George Macdonald: The Silver Chair And The Princess Books, Michael C. Kotzin

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

Examines The Silver Chair in the light of two George MacDonald works which it resembles in many ways and which Lewis included in his list of MacDonald’s six “great works,” The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie.

Editor's Corner, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Thomas M. Egan, Mary Ann Hodge, Benjamin Urrutia

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

No abstract provided.

Cavalier Treatment: More About Arthur Machen, Lee Speth

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

Continues his discussion from Mythlore #27 on Machen.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan

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

Companion to Narnia. Paul F. Ford, foreword by Madeleine L'Engle, illustrated by Lordinda Bryan Cauley. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

VII - An Anglo-American Literary Review. Volume I. Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Dr. Clyde S. Kilby, and Dr. Beatrice Batson. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy L. Sayers. A Pilgrim Soul. Nancy M. Tischler. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

A DARK HORN BLOWING. Dahlov Ipcar. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

Praise And Christian Unity In War In Heaven, J. Mcclatchey

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

Discusses the importance of two themes in War in Heaven—Praise (of God), particularly as demonstrated in the Archdeacon, and Christian unity, symbolized by the joint actions of the Archdeacon, the Duke, and Mornington.

Túrin Turambar, Paul H. Kocher

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

Reviews the story of Túrin Turambar from The Silmarillion, and briefly touches on how some of Tolkien’s themes are revealed.

Crime And Punishment -Or Development- In Fairy Tales And Fantasy, Anita Moss

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

Discusses “the practices of writers of didactic fairy tales and ... [contrasts] them to fantasies which also incorporate the archetypal fantastic journey in the interest of expressing complex spiritual, ethical, or emotional truths.”

Matters Of Grave Import: Intend To Have Joy, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

No abstract provided.

A Mythlore Issue Index, Harry J.N. Andruschak, Glen H. Goodknight

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

List of article titles to issues 1–26. Includes articles, fiction, and poetry, but not art, book reviews, or columns.