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An Inklings Bibliography (18), Joe R. Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

Freedom And Nature In Perelandra, Steven Price

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

A religious and psychological analysis of Perelandra, noting the significance of change vs. stasis, free will, and the nature symbolism that reinforces them.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #2, Wku English

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding upcoming events, best term paper and best / worst list.

Autumn, 1830. Her Letter To Dead, Kevin Clark

English

No abstract provided.

Separation, Kevin Clark

English

No abstract provided.

In Your Backyard, Kevin Clark

English

No abstract provided.

The Reader In The Text: Essays On Audience And Interpretation [Review], Michael Fischer

English Faculty Research

The Reader in the Text is a useful collection of essays on an important topic in contemporary criticism—the role of readers in interpreting literary works. Contributors include some of the most widely-read writers on the subject (Jonathan Culler, Wolfgang Iser, Gerald Prince, Norman Holland) as well as several critics less familiar to American readers (Jacques Leenhardt and Karlheinz Stierle, among many others). Susan Suleiman adds a helpful introduction on the "varieties of audience-oriented criticism" and Inge Crosman provides an annotated bibliography.

Henry James's Major Phase: Making Room For The Reader, Carl D. Malmgren

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Vol. 1, No. 4 (1981), Lawrence Wells, William Boozer

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Robin Hood And Jesse James And The Basis Of Outlaw Hero Traditions In English And American Folk Balladry, Jacquline Burton

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

Compositional Technique In Some Verses From Gunnlaugs Saga, Russell Poole

Russell Poole

No abstract provided.

Ua68/6 Newsletter #1, Wku English

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by the WKU English Department regarding upcoming events, United Way campaign, book recommendations and Sigma Tau Delta.

Saints, Diamonds And Bears, William Rewak

English

A common complaint in academia goes something like this: "If the essential work of education is that which occurs between student and faculty member, between students themselves, or between a student and a book, then why are so much money and so much energy spent in the nonessentials: athletics, dormitories, development and alumni offices, day-care centers, social activities-indeed , all the 'support services' of a university? Wouldn't life on a campus be simpler and wouldn't our work be more effective if we were to concentrate our efforts on the essentials?"

All of us, whether we're administrators or faculty or board …

The Three Bartlebys Of Melville’S Tale, Gail M. Kienitz

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A study of any one of Herman Melville’s works is bound to be a fascinating and informative venture. Within the products of his prolific writing career are keen, precise, enlightening observations about nineteenth-century America. Religion, politics, business, literature, and philosophy are all within the realm of Melville’s careful consideration. Melville was a man who reacted to his world with intense curiosity and passion. Melville was also extremely introspective – searching, questioning, and examining himself with equal intensity.

“Bartleby the Scrivener” offers an interesting synthesis of Melville’s double vision. Within the confines of this tale are Melville’s reaction to his world …

Allegory In The Novels Of Isaac Bashevis Singer, Norbert Louis Elliot Iii

Doctoral Dissertations

When Isaac Bashevis Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978, he was still largely an unknown artist, and his work certainly had not been given the critical attention it deserved. At best, books on Singer are appreciative criticism that lack a systematic frame of reference through which the artistry of the novels may be approached.

My approach in the present study is essentially that of a formalist critic. I have sought to define the shaping artistic principle of each of Singer's novels, and in doing this I have been able to isolate Singer's allegorical tendencies. Thus Singer …

A Study Of The Auchinleck Manuscript: Investigations Into The Process Of Book Making In The Fourteenth Century, Timothy Allen Shonk

Doctoral Dissertations

Our knowledge of book production in the fourteenth century is sketchy. Historical evidence provides us with some general information about a few men involved in the dissemination of literature, but there still remains a gap in our knowledge about the business aspects of pre-Chaucerian book production. In an effort to provide some information to fill this gap, I have investigated one of the first volumes of miscellaneous material produced in the fourteenth century, the Auchinleck manuscript, to see what could be learned about the production methods behind this book and, by inference, what could be learned about the production of …

Personality & Characterization In Cantos I-Xvii Of The Cantos Of Ezra Pound, Gary Hottinger

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Examining the modes of characterization and the types of personalities evident in the first seventeen cantos of The Cantos of Ezra Pound, one can perceive that Ezra Pound felt he was composing an epic which was to revitalize for the present the best minds of the past. Pound's method of revitalization has a close affinity Co the doctrine of effluences in Longinus on the Sublime, a classical work of literary criticism. The personalities Pound employs in The Cantos fall into three broad categories: gods (deific), legends (archetypal), and men (historical). By applying Pound's neo-Platonism to their organization, one …

Mythellany #1, Gary Myers

Mythellany

This is Mythellaney, a magazine for fun and for fantasy. Mythellaney is concocted by people like you who love reading about beasts, armor, princes, and then, (hopefully) writing about them. The magazine is not very large at present. Our goal is to grow to include not only stories by our readers, but also top professional talent.

Vol. 1, No. 3 (1981), William Boozer, Thomas E. Lamar, Jack Ewing

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Contemporary Literary Theory And Chaucer, Judson Boyce Allen

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Mythology, Poul Anderson

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

Attempts to define mythology in a broad context. Contends that truly mythic literature is rare, and science fiction is a mythology for modern times. Offers some “guesses” about the future of science fiction and fantasy.

The Counsel Of Elrond: First Encounter With Tolkien, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

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.

No Sun Over Narnia, Mark Allaby

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

No abstract provided.

Ransom In Perelandra: Jungian Hero?, Corbin S. Carnell

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

Sees Ransom’s character development in Perelandra as a classic case of Jungian individuation by undergoing the aspects of Campbell’s “monomyth.” Sees some affinities between Jung’s theory of personality and Lewis’s Christianity.

Granting Charles Williams His Doneé, Thomas Howard

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

Discusses the difficulty of objective criticism of Williams as a novelist because of his unusual, sui generis subject matter and treatment.

The Water Babies: An Appreciation, Mary M. Stolzenbach

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

Brief description and criticism of The Water Babies.

Rendering Of Tolkien's Alliterative Verse, Manfred Zimmerman

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

Describes the principles of alliterative verse and corrects some errors which have crept into reprintings of Tolkien’s “Homecoming.” Shows the proper stress of syllables in the verse as it should be read aloud.

The Man In The Wind, Darrell Schweitzer

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

No abstract provided.

Matters Of Grave Import, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

Discusses two of Hans Christian Andersen’s stories, and considers their possible influence on Lewis’s Narnian stories.