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Medieval Love-Madness And Divine Love, Gwenyth E. Hood

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

Study of love-madness in medieval literature in the context of C.S. Lewis’s Allegory of Love. Three types are identified: suicide, pining away, and raving madness.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Holdstock, Robert. Lavondyss. Holdstock, Robert. Mythago Wood.

The Letter: A Footnote In The History Of The Mythopoeic Society, Glen Goodknight

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

An account of the founding and growth of the Mythopoeic Society and the beginning of a discussion of its potential future.

Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

Twice thirty suns of measured bliss, you danced within my arms to shanties of the sea.

Thurenfel's Source, Gerard Daniel Houarner

The Mythic Circle

The King of Pel looked down upon the flowing waters of the Thurenfel River, and was not content.

The Crimson Berries, Deborah L. Hunt

The Mythic Circle

Alec longingly pressed his forehead to the windowpane. The sun was finally coming out. Behind him, he heard the clatter of his nanny's footsteps in the hallway as she approached.

Hard Time, David Rubenstein

The Mythic Circle

Over the moonlit moor the wail of bagpipes rose and fell with the gusting of the wind; disembodied notes, measures lost in space and time, moving like the patches of mist that floated between the barren hilltops.

El Patio De Los Legartos, Michael Kocik

The Mythic Circle

After having lingered through one of the most gracious esplanades surrounding Madrid, my guide abruptly pulled up before a ‘polvo mojado’ -- a Moorish well, literally translating to ‘wet powder’ for the crystalline residue floating atop the tepid water found there - and paused for a long drink.

The Planet Of Scientists: A Fable, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

Once upon a time, in the future when mankind was settling some uninhabited planets (not that they all were), a spaceship load of scientists settled one planet, having decided not to bring to their new world any person whose thinking was muddled with religious passions.

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

This issue was intended for September, 1989, but during that month my (Lynn’s) husband was hit by a truck while we were walking back to our car after a visit to the L.A. County Fair. A hit-and-run accident has a way of re-prioritizing your life.

Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin

The Mythic Circle

Vulture: The vulture is the most fabulous of birds. Pigeons: The pigeons turned to vultures in the night, By morning light they were eating city carrion.

Prince Of Thieves, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

"Go not wandering, O ye maids, upon Gad’s hill, in the time of autumn when the daisies linger late. For there will you meet him, and learn to heap curses on the bitter hour in which you were born."

Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland

The Mythic Circle

I don’t know why we had to come here." "Please," Anna Cole said with a sigh. "Just humor me." She turned toward him. 'Take my hand, won’t you?"

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Bent Lorentzen, C. R. Schabel, Douglas Rossman, Alex Mcgilvery, F. Harris, Lawrence Schimel, Ron Blizzard, Mary-Edith Bridges, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Karen Harbaugh, Evelyn Cooper

The Mythic Circle

Letters from readers in The Mythic Circle #9

An Unearthly Pun, Bonnie B. Kennedy

The Mythic Circle

When the great god Zeus summoned the cartel of gods to a meeting, the lesser gods were forbidden to attend.

We Call It North Carolina, Kay Fortunato

The Mythic Circle

Stacy Miller pulled off the New York State Thruway and turned onto a narrow country road somewhere just north of Pembroke, a perfectly ordinary country road, by all appearances.

Sweet As Muscatel, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

Although my grandfather had made his fortune in trade, I had been educated as a gentleman and at first I expected Flora society to accept me as such.

Mythic Circle #9, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

This issue was intended for September, 1989, but during that month my (Lynn’s) husband was hit by a truck while we were walking back to our car after a visit to the L.A. County Fair. A hit-and-run accident has a way of re-prioritizing your life.

Tolkien's Monsters: Concept And Function In The Lord Of The Rings (Part Ii): Shelob The Great, Joe Abbott

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

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

Three-part examination of “how Tolkien’s theory of the centrality of the monsters in Beowulf influenced his own concept of ‘monster’ and what function that concept should fulfill within” The Lord of the Rings. Part II considers the characteristics of Shelob (and Ungoliant) as monsters, traces the sources and development of these characteristics, and analyzes the importance of the confrontation with Shelob in the overall plot, especially in the character development of Sam.

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol16/iss1/5

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Reviews, Glen H. Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Joe R. Christopher

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

The Treason of Isengard: The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Two. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Sold Into Egypt. Madeleine L'Engle. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Vampire in Literature: A Critical Bibliography. Margaret Carter. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Payer of Tribute. Margaret Carter. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Goldberry And Galadriel: The Quality Of Joy, L. Eugene Startzman

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

Argues the importance of joy, or eucatastrophe, in The Lord of the Rings. Sees the figures of Goldberry, Bombadil, and especially Galadriel as personifications of that joy arising unexpectedly.

Humpty Dumpty In The Heavens: Perspective In Out Of The Silent Planet, Douglas Loney

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

Notes the Humpty Dumpty imagery in Ransom’s dream of sitting on a garden wall in Out of the Silent Planet. Relates this to the importance of the ability to change one’s perspective for Ransom and other characters.

Charles Williams And His Theology Of Romantic Love: A Dantean Interpretation Of The Christian Doctrines Of The Incarnation And The Trinity, Nancy Enright

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

Relates Williams’s Romantic Theology to the precursors of Dante and Beatrice, and to the Christian doctrines of the Holy Trinity and the Incarnation.

On The Origin Of The Name "Hobbit", Donald O'Brien

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

Notes that although Tolkien believed at first that he had invented the word “hobbit,” he became concerned that he might have encountered it and subconsciously reproduced it. Reviews a number of possible sources of the word suggested by scholars.

Rilke And Le Guin, Barbara J. Bucknall

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

Seeks similarities in Rilke and Le Guin, especially in the power of naming and the view of death as a necessary part of life. Notes in particular parallels between Rilke’s Duino Elegies and The Farthest Shore.

Quenti Lambardillion: Among The Trees: Seeking The Spirit Of Narqelion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Further discussion of the poem “Narqelion” and several other poems composed around the same time.

Letters, Jorge Quiñonez, Steven Wissler, Peter H. Berube

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

No abstract provided.

The High And Low Fantasies Of Feminist (Re)Mythopoeia, Patrick D. Murphy

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

Discusses elements of myth and fantasy in the works of five contemporary women poets. Notes the use of mythopoeia in a feminist context is used for “revisionist mythmaking.”

An Inklings Bibliography (37), 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.

Fantasy And Personal Involvement, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.