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Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Sister Mary Anthony Weinig, Manfred Zimmerman, Grace E. Funk
Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Sister Mary Anthony Weinig, Manfred Zimmerman, Grace E. Funk
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Poems and Stories. J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
Tolkien's Art. Jane Chance Nitzsche. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
Dorothy L, Sayers: Nine Literary Studies. Trevor H. Hall. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
C.S. Lewis. Spinner of Tales. Evan K. Gibson. Reviewed by Sister Mary Anthony Weinig.
J.R.R. Tolkien. "Fantasy Literature" als Wunscherfulling und Weltdeutung. Dieter Petzold. Reviewed by Manfred Zimmerman.
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction. Ursula Le Guin, edited and with introduction by Susan Wood. Reviewed by Grace E. Funk.
Thematic Implications Of C.S. Lewis' Spirits In Bondage, Stephen Thorson
Thematic Implications Of C.S. Lewis' Spirits In Bondage, Stephen Thorson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Speculates about reasons for comparative critical neglect of Lewis’s early poetry collection. Discusses the “main themes [...] in light of the movement of the entire work.”
She And Tolkien, John D. Rateliff
She And Tolkien, John D. Rateliff
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Notes that Tolkien only admitted one post-medieval source as an influence—Haggard’s She series—and traces borrowings and influences of the series on Tolkien, particularly parallels between the characters of Ayesha and Galadriel and between the cities of Kor and Gondolin.
Predictability And Wonder: Familiarity And Recovery In Tolkien's Works, Christine Barkley
Predictability And Wonder: Familiarity And Recovery In Tolkien's Works, Christine Barkley
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Explores Tolkien’s technique of balancing the predictable and every-day with the wonderful by viewing things from unfamiliar perspectives. Links this to his ideas about “recovery” in “On Fairy-stories.”