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The Mines Of Mendip And Of Moria, J. S. Ryan

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

Considers J.W. Gough’s book on the Mendip Hills mines (beginning in the Roman period) as a source for Tolkien’s depiction of Moria. Compares passages in Gould to descriptions of Moria, and suggests the Cornish miners as “loose historical equivalents” of Tolkien’s dwarves. Maps.

The White Raven: A Personal Response, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Gives a personal response to those elements of Paxson’s The White Raven “that touched [him] most deeply.” Discusses Branwen’s character at length, and that of Ogrin.

Immortal Horrors And Everlasting Splendours: C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters And The Great Divorce, Douglas Loney

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

Sees Screwtape and The Great Divorce as constituting “something like a sub-genre within the Lewis canon.” Both have explicit religious intention, were written during WWII, and use a “rather informal, episodic structure.” Analyzes the different perspectives of each work, and their treatment of the themes of Body and Spirit, Time and Eternity, and Love.

In This Issue, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

What I Did For Love, Diana Paxson

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

Guest of Honor speech Mythcon 21. Follows the conference theme, “Aspects of Love in Fantasy,” and discusses various kinds of love and their appearance in fantasy. Concludes those “which appear most strongly in modern mythopoeic fantasy” are comradeship/ caritas, love of place, and “the attraction towards the numinous, or Divine.”

Dorothy's Timeless Quest, Richard Tuerk

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

Analyzes Dorothy’s initial adventure to Oz and back in terms of Campbell’s monomyth. The boon that she receives in Oz, and brings back to Kansas, is a more developed self with the ability—learned in Oz—to love selflessly.

Joy And Memory: Wordsworth As Illuminated By C.S. Lewis, Margaret Carter

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

Relates Lewis’s concept of “Joy” to the poetry of Wordsworth, particularly the poet’s concept of “Imagination.” While Lewis connected Joy with Christianity, Wordsworth tried to locate it “in the natural phenomena that are only its vehicles.”

A Literary Newton: A Suggestion For A Critical Appraisal Of Fritz Leiber, Bruce Byfield

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

Deplores the dearth of serious critical attention to the writings of Leiber and speculates about the reasons for this. Gives an overview of his career that suggests avenues for future critical analysis.

An Inklings Bibliography (40), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

Emotion With Dignity: J.R.R Tolkien And Love, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Uses Tolkien’s letter (#43) of 1941 to his son Michael as a springboard for discussing the alternatives Tolkien presents there—renunciation, physical gratification, friendship, and love. Gives examples of each in Tolkien’s works.

Just Among Friends, Glen H. Goodknight

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

Opening address at Mythcon 21, expanded. Uses Lewis’s The Four Loves to open a discussion of friendship within the society, reminding members of the dangers Lewis pointed out, chiefly that of friends “looking at each other”–that is, focusing on “mutual self-approval” to the exclusion of remembering to look “in the direction of our shared interest.”

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Paula Disante, Nancy-Lou Patterson, David Bratman, James E. Pearson Jr.

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

The 1991 J.R.R Tolkien Calendar. Illus. by John Howe. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

The Land of Narnia. Brian Sibley, Illus. by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Tale of the Rings of Power. Thomas Peterson. Reviewed by David Bratman.

The Cosmic Trilogy. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers' Encounter with Dante. Barbara Reynolds. Reviewed by James E. Pearson Jr. .

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

Welcome to The Mythic Circle #10. We have a first in this issue: a pair of stories written by father and son. Dan Ryan, a Phoenix, Arizona, high school student, has written a re-telling of the Romeo & Juliet story entitled “The Chain." His father, Charles W. Ryan, provides us with a short story called “Janus Winked." You’ll also notice we’re running a lot of poetry in this issue, including a series of poems by Jill Solnicki that examine fairy tale heroines from an unusual angle.

The Chain, Dan E. Ryan

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Ramón Montaña saw her at the Spring Dance and made his way across the crowded dance floor as the room reverberated with the tape-recorded rhythms of U2.

The Little Mermaid, Jill Solnicki

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I saw the belly of the boat slide by, silent and seamless as a whale.

The Vernal Queen, Colleen Anderson

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He came to me. I was still young, growing like new shoots.

Taking Off, Jill Solnicki

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The ferris wheel creaks, shudders, then lifts off

Cinderella's Revenge / Sleeping Beauty / Snow White Speaks Out, Jill Solnicki

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Cinderella’s Revenge: Sisters, you shut me by the hearth, by the broom and cinders, Sleeping Beauty: Wake me wake me I have slept so long the sun rising falling leaves uncurling crumbling Snow White Speaks Out: I see everything through the glass The tree that forms a roof, a canopy over my coffin,

Walking On Royal Carpets / Meteorite, Owen R. Neill, Jill Solnicki

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Walking on Royal Carpets: No sun penetrates here, Holy man-light in these halls of halls Meteorite: What news did it bring crashing out of the night

Merlusine, Janet P. Reedman

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I had been wandering for a year when I stumbled on Castra Castle. The month was Mys Rhagvyr, the Year’s Wane, and the weather had been cruel and cold, bringing snow and ice and hail

Janus Winked, Charles W. Ryan

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Jeremiah Sharpe listened to the revelers in the street below, hunched himself against the nagging chill, and listened with grudging envy to the hoots and laughter muted by the dusty, rain-streaked window glass.

Giants Of Avalon, Mel Hunnicutt

The Mythic Circle

King Arthur stood in the doorway of his tent, gazing nervously into the valley where the Saxon army camped.

Elfin Corner Trees, Charles Rampp

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surprized each dawn, our morning star and i as crescent moon pales

Mythic Circle #10, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

Welcome to The Mythic Circle #10. We have a first in this issue: a pair of stories written by father and son. Dan Ryan, a Phoenix, Arizona, high school student, has written a re-telling of the Romeo & Juliet story entitled “The Chain." His father, Charles W. Ryan, provides us with a short story called “Janus Winked." You’ll also notice we’re running a lot of poetry in this issue, including a series of poems by Jill Solnicki that examine fairy tale heroines from an unusual angle.

The Old Millstream, James Hartley

The Mythic Circle

The old mill stream. Sounds corny, doesn't it? But that’s where it was. I’ve been living in a rural area ever since my, er, "retirement," and I go on long walks a lot.

Cairnwoman, Rosamund I. Flambard

The Mythic Circle

On a sun-warmed boulder far from the other children in her class, Francie Dunster sat eating her frugal lunch.

The Magus, Mel Waldman

The Mythic Circle

"Get out of here, kid!" Buster said to The Magus. "You’re finished! Just another Brooklyn bum who made good and blew it."

Sea Spiders, Sue Nevill

The Mythic Circle

Straight from the sea they come, straight from the mouth of the great bronze god, sightless Poseidon

Lohengrin, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

Knight of the morning swan flowing; Light of the waters through time mists gleaming