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50 Years Of The Lord Of The Rings - Mythcon 36, The Tolkien Society, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

This is the program book for Mythcon 36, held in conjunction with The Tolkien Society.

"The Mythopoeic Society have organised a stream of papers and several events at Tolkien 2005. They have produced a booklet for all attendees, which you should find in the bag you were given when you registered. The booklet doubles as both the Mythcon 36 Program Book (Tolkien 2005 incorporates Mythcon 36) and as a special double issue of Mythprint, the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society. It includes extra details of the Mythopoeic Society events. Other features include some memories of past Mythcons, including the …

Tolkien 2005: The Ring Goes Ever On, The Tolkien Society

Mythcon Souvenirs

The idea to organise an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings was mooted several years ago. I can remember it being discussed at The Plough & Harrow hotel, the location for the 1998 annual general meeting. We felt that this event should be held in Birmingham and subsequently, Trevor Reynolds and myself visited both Aston and Birmingham Universities. Aston was chosen due to the fact that it was more centrally placed for attendees to get to and far more compact that the Birmingham campus. In time the 2005 organising committee started …

A Larger World: C. S. Lewis On Christianity And Literature, Donald T. Williams

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

Discusses Lewis’s literary criticism and his conviction that “a love for and a sound approach to literature” are crucial to the health of the individual and the Church.

Lewis's Screwtape Letters: The Ascetic Devil And The Aesthetic God, Larry D. Harwood

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

Considers “the puzzle of pleasure” in Screwtape Letters: why the devils cannot understand the reasons for which God created sensual pleasure.

The Lord Of The Rings As Elegy, Patrice Hannon

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

Discusses the elegiac theme of loss which permeates The Lord of the Rings.

"The Young Perish And The Old Linger, Withering": J.R.R. Tolkien On World War Ii, Janet Brennan Croft

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

Discusses the impact of World War II on the themes and style of The Lord of the Rings, and particularly in Tolkien’s depiction of families affected by war.

His Dark Materials: A Look Into Pullman's Interpretation Of Milton's Paradise Lost, Karen D. Robinson

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

Explores ideas of duality and other concepts from Milton’s Paradise Lost that influenced Pullman’s Dark Materials trilogy.

A Note On Charles Williams's Phillida, Joe R. Christopher

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

Considers sources for William’s representation of Phyllis Jones in The Masques of Amen House under the name of Phillida.

So Familiar, Yet So Strange: Mythic Shadows Of The Medieval Gawain Romance In Iris Murdoch's Green Knight, Carla A. Arnell

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

Discusses Murdoch’s The Green Knight, which uses themes and plot elements from Gawain, but interpreted in her own fashion.

Mythcon 35 - Bridges To Other Worlds: Thirty-Five Years Of Mythopoeic Scholarship, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

Mythcon 35's theme focuses on both the Pursuit of mythopoeic scholarship over the past 35 years, and on the image of the bridge in fantasy literature: bridges between fantasy and other literature; influence of fantasy on mainstream art forms; between artists, literary forms, or between text and reader. The work and interests of our Guests of Honor, the Inklings (especially Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams), and other fantasy authors are, of course, always topics at a Mythcon.

Mythcon 34 - From Athena To Galadriel: The Image Of The Wise Woman In Mythopoeic Fiction, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

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Ka, Joey Madia

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 Old Fishing Hole, Kathy Edwards

The Mythic Circle

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In The Park On A Spring Afternoon, Lala Heine-Koehn

The Mythic Circle

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The Balladeer, Donald T. Williams

The Mythic Circle

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"Horse Chant", Joey Madia

The Mythic Circle

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The World Tree, Cameron La Follette

The Mythic Circle

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Shhh…, Tony Báez Milán

The Mythic Circle

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Marya, Anna Kashina

The Mythic Circle

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Aclypsia, Terry Ehret

The Mythic Circle

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Golubov's Ladder, S. Dorman

The Mythic Circle

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Tia, Maria Ott Tatham

The Mythic Circle

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Mythic Circle #26, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

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And Where Does Your Neighbor Live, Lala Heine-Koehn

The Mythic Circle

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The Marriage Of Cadmus And Harmonia, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

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Selkies, Cameron La Follette

The Mythic Circle

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Voices In The Dark, Greg Beatty

The Mythic Circle

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The White Path, Dag Rossman

The Mythic Circle

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