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The Company They Didn't Keep: Collaborative Women In The Letters Of C.S. Lewis, Sam Mcbride

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

Building on the work of Diana Pavlac Glyer to establish a framework and set of terms for understanding the collaborative nature of the Inklings, McBride takes us outside their exclusively masculine circle to look at women who influenced Lewis’s writing. His study introduces us to women who served Lewis as, in Glyer’s terms, Resonators, Opponents, Conductors, and so on, from anonymous fans to well-known names like Pitter and Sayers.

Reviews, Joe R. Christopher, Janet Brennan Croft, Jason Fisher, Priscilla Hobbs, Emily A. Moniz, David D. Oberhelman, Harley J. Sims

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

Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits. Dimitra Fimi. Reviewed by Jason Fisher.

Charles Williams and his Contemporaries. Suzanne Bray and Richard Sturch, eds. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers who Tried to Build a Perfect Language. Arika Okrent. Reviewed by Harley J. Sims.

Millennial Mythmaking: Essays on the Power of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Films and Games. John Perlich & David Whitt, eds. Reviewed by Priscilla Hobbs

Middle-earth Minstrel: Essays on Music in Tolkien. Bradford Lee Eden, ed. Reviewed by …

Dwarves, Spiders, And Murky Woods: J.R.R. Tolkien's Wonderful Web Of Words, Jason Fisher

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

An engaging linguistic study of the Mirkwood episode in Tolkien’s The Hobbit, which the author uses as a typical example of the depth and interwoven complexity of the author’s linguistic invention. Touches on the linguistic features of a number of real and invented words and concepts relating to spiders, poison, and dwarves.

Simbelmynë: Mortality And Memory In Middle-Earth, William H. Stoddard

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

Elegiac contemplation of the function of memory in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and the complex intersections of memory, loss, immortality, consolation, and creativity made flesh in Tolkien’s depictions of the races of Elves and Men and their interactions.

Corrupting Beauty: Rape Narrative In The Silmarillion, Lynn Whitaker

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

Describes the themes and traditions Tolkien was drawing on as a storyteller in the tales of Aredhel and Lúthien, but more importantly, examines the theological implications suggested by his depictions of the women in these stories and how these “rape narratives” serve to underscore the sacredness of the created world in Tolkien’s legendarium.

Editorial, Janet Brennan Croft

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

No abstract provided.

Let Us Now Praise Famous Orcs: Simple Humanity In Tolkien's Inhuman Creatures, Robert T. Tally, Jr.

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

A careful study of “the orcish question,” in which the author investigates their behavior, conversations, and interactions with other races in order to propose some challenging conclusions about racism, souls, and Tolkien’s purpose in creating orcs the way he did.

Myth-Remaking In The Shadow Of Vergil: The Captive(-Ated) Voice Of Ursula K. Le Guin's Lavina, T. S. Miller

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

Reading of Ursula K. Le Guin’s not-exactly-historical novel Lavinia, which combines her thematic interest in the feminine voice and experience with postmodern and existential concerns about authorship, textuality, and the collaboration between author and reader (and author and character)—resulting, as always with Le Guin, in something rich, deep, and difficult to classify. Explores how Le Guin adapted the original sources to create a novel from the female character’s point of view.

Master Of Doom By Doom Mastered: Heroism, Fate, And Death In The Children Of Húrin, Jesse Mitchell

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

This extensive study of Túrin Turambar uses two frameworks to examine his character and story: that of the Byronic Hero (with a side glance at the Gothic Villain in order to differentiate the two), and that of the Absurd Hero, exemplified by Camus’s Sisyphus.

Germanic Fate And Doom In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, Richard J. Whitt

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

The roots of Tolkien’s concepts in early Germanic understandings of the ideas of fate and doom are the subject of Whitt’s essay. Examines how these initially pagan notions were subsumed into the Christian idea of divine providence, and most notably blended together in the Old English Beowulf and Old Saxon Heliand, to provide a basis for understanding how even the Valar are subject to time and the fate decreed by Ilúvatar.

The Thread On Which Doom Hangs: Free Will, Disobedience, And Eucatastrophe In Tolkien's Middle-Earth, Janet Brennan Croft

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

Scholar Guest of Honor speech, Mythcon 41. Reviews theological concepts underlying the ideas of war in heaven and free will and, touching briefly on Stanley Milgram’s experiments in obedience along the way, examines various examples of disobedience in Tolkien’s legendarium, their consequences, and their ultimate subservience to the eucatastrophic fate of Arda.

Announcements, The Council Of Stewards

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

The Alexei Kondratiev Award for the Best Student Paper Presented at Mythcon

Political Satire And British-American Relations In Five Decades Of Doctor Who, Marc Dipaolo

Faculty Books & Book Chapters

“Political Satire and British-American Relations in Five Decades of Doctor Who.”

Originally published in the Journal of Popular Culture. Vol. 43, Issue 5. 964 – 987. October 2010

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The Kate Daniels Series, By Ilona Andrews. Reviewed By Berni Phillips Bratman., Berni Phillips Bratman

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Middle-Earth Minstrel: Essays On Music In Tolkien, Edited By Bradford Lee Eden. Reviewed By David Emerson., David Emerson

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Revealers, By Amanda Marrone. Reviewed By Alana Joli Abbott., Alana Joli Abbott

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

Freedom And Slavery, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Wisest Wizard, Joan Marie Verba

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Walker In Shadows, Dag Rossman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Lay Of Aethernad, Todd W. Swanson

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Matins, October Williams

The Mythic Circle

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Dust, October Williams

The Mythic Circle

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The Forgotten Wand, Kenneth Burtness

The Mythic Circle

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Mythic Circle #32, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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Contributors, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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Editorial, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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The Warlock And The Nis, Daniel Baird

The Mythic Circle

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The Rose Prince, Harry Steven Lazerus

The Mythic Circle

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The Fall Of Anteaus, Ryder W. Miller

The Mythic Circle

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The Mer-Tree, October Williams

The Mythic Circle

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