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Why We Honor The Centenary Of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Describes Sayers’s relationships with Lewis and Williams in particular, and their mutual influences on each other.

"A Bloomsbury Blue-Stocking": Dorothy L. Sayers' Bloomsbury Years In Their "Spatial And Temporal Content", Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Contends that Sayers’s “Bloomsbury years formed a significant source for and influence upon her detective fiction.”

Bram Stoker And C.S. Lewis: Dracula As A Source For That Hideous Strength, Mervyn Nicholson

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

Considers Dracula as a source for That Hideous Strength.

The Fragmentary Lord Peter, Joe R. Christopher

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

Outlines the unpublished or obscure writings of Sayers concerning Lord Peter Wimsey held in the Wade Collection, imagining a published volume of same.

Harriet In Rehearsal: Hilary Thorpe In The Nine Tailors, Sarah Beach

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

Argues that the character of Hilary Thorpe in The Nine Tailors is a “rehearsal” for the “major presentation of Harriet Vane in Gaudy Night.”

Negating And Affirming Spirit Through Language: The Integration Of Character, Magic, And Story In The Lord Of The Rings: Part Ii, Alan Mccomas

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

THIS IS A TWO-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PART, FOLLOW THE LINK AT THE END OF THIS ABSTRACT.

Focuses on Tolkien’s narrative treatment in The Lord of the Rings and the “Ring as an emergent symbol of language itself.” Notes that through Tolkien’s “characterization of protagonists and antagonists, his use of sub-texts and ‘sub-authors,’ Tolkien demonstrates the ways in which magic and language are bound up with one another.”

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol19/iss2/1

An Inklings Bibliography (50), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond

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

Entries 42–59 in this series are written by Hammond (Tolkien material) and Christopher (Lewis and other material). See Hammond, Wayne G., for one later entry in this series.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Paxson, Diana. The Wolf and the Raven.

In This Issue, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Artists' Comments, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Sarah Beach

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

No abstract provided.

The Hero Who Was Thursday: A Modern Myth, Russell Carlin

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

Calls Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday a modern fantasy “that can effectively serve as an example of a true modern myth as seen through” Campbell’s journey of the hero. The “novel contains many of the structure elements and conventions” of Campbell’s monomyth while providing the reader “some particularly modern insights.”

Chwedl Gymaeg A Llenyddiaeth Gyfoesol: (Welsh Myth And Contemporary Literature, Kath Filmer-Davies

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

Contends religious discourse has migrated to the fantasy novel, and fantasy “invades so-called realistic novels”; examines “this theological aspect of writing applied to fantasy”; discusses several contemporary fantasies based on Welsh myth.

Letters, Todd W. Jensen, John Laurent, Darrell Schweitzer, Rhona Beare, Kathryn Lindskoog, Melanie Rawls

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Tolkien: A Critical Assessment. Brian Rosebury. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Road to Middle-earth. T.A. Shippey. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography. Wayne Hammond and Douglas Anderson. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

George MacDonald. William Raeper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Fiction of C.S. Lewis: Mask and Mirror. Kath Filmer. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Funeral Customs In Tolkien's Fiction, Patricia Reynolds

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

Examines funeral customs and the meaning of death in Tolkien’s works, particularly the deaths of Boromir, Théoden, and Denethor. Notes similar customs of various Northern European traditions. Illustrations.

Angels And Inklings, James S. Cutsinger

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

Religious and philosophical discussion on the nature of angels, particularly as portrayed by Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams.

Negating And Affirming Spirit Through Language: The Integration Of Character, Magic, And Story In The Lord Of The Rings, Alan Mccomas

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

THIS IS A TWO-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PART, FOLLOW THE LINK AT THE END OF THIS ABSTRACT.

Focuses on Tolkien’s narrative treatment in The Lord of the Rings and the “Ring as an emergent symbol of language itself.” Notes that through Tolkien’s “characterization of protagonists and antagonists, his use of sub-texts and ‘sub-authors,’ Tolkien demonstrates the ways in which magic and language are bound up with one another.”

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol19/iss3/7

The Bittersweet Vine: Fairy Tales And Nursery Rhymes, Kathleen Hess

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

Contrasts more modern versions of fairy tales with less sanitized early versions. Recounts the darker meaning behind some well-known nursery rhymes. Contends that removing the harshness of original versions is a mistake, because denying the “bitter truth” doesn’t build inner strength.

Letters, Graham D. Darling, Anne Burns, Katrelya Angus, Leonardo Da V Malaise, Clifton Holt St. Evans Malaise

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

No abstract provided.

Encounter Darkness: The Black Platonism Of David Lindsay, Adelheid Kegler

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

Characterizes Lindsay as a “belated symbolist” whose characters are “personifications of ontological values.” Uses Neoplatonic “references to transcendence” but his imagery and technique do not suggest a positive view of transcendence.

Another Opinion Of "The Verse Of J.R.R. Tolkien", Paul Edwin Zimmer

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

Response to a paper by Melanie Rawls in Mythlore #71. Disagrees with that paper’s negative attitude toward Tolkien’s poetry, giving detailed technical analysis to support his points.

An Inklings Bibliography (49), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond

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

Entries 42–59 in this series are written by Hammond (Tolkien material) and Christopher (Lewis and other material). See Hammond, Wayne G., for one later entry in this series.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Jones, Diana Wynne. A Sudden Wild Magic.

In This Issue, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

25 Years: The Mythopoeic Society Appreciations, C.I. "Sherwood" Smith Lowentrout, Ted Nasmith, Melanie Rawls

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Glen Goodknight

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

Medievalism: Inklings and Others. Jane Chance, editor. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy L. Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life. David Coomes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the Present. Colin Manlove. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Magic Carpenter, John R. Alderson

The Mythic Circle

"There is a great deal of difference between butter and butterflies," said Eldewin Whiteharte to his son, Dak.

The House Of Knowledge, Lala Heine-Koene

The Mythic Circle

This building here with the arched windows two stories high to let in light, is to be your home for a time.

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Erin Lale, Joe Christopher, Jane M. H. Bigelow, Lynn Maudlin

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Iorg And The Dancing Sword, Ron Blizzard

The Mythic Circle

The water trickled down his neck as Iorg slogged through the mud. He rubbed his hands together to try to get some feeling in them and then lost his balance, falling face-first into a slimy, sewage-infested pool.