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Dialogue Between The Sun And The Wind, Richard Sharpless

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What is this tree," said the Wind, "whose leaves are like spines and whose seeds carry two eyes and a mouth?"

The Sorcerer Of Darkstone Tower, Mitchell Diamond

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Being a peasant wasn’t so bad, thought Carik as he walked down a dusty road to the town of Lanthor.

To Christopher Columbus, Gwenyth E. Hood

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I wonder at the fervor of your passion, Your dreams o f glory, gold and splendid wealth

On The Walls / Hero To His Captive Elfbride / Asphodel, Janet P. Reedman

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On the Walls: Under the shade of shattered walls, Remembered lives blow like dreams Hero to His Captive Elfbride: Dawn's light glitters on faded mountain tarn Asphodel: Caught in the shadows the keep cast

Mythic Circle #12, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout

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Welcome to The Mythic Circle #12. We apologize for the lateness of this issue. Tina’s triplets (!), bom in March, slowed her down considerably over the past few months. They are now beginning to sleep at night, however, and she anticipates returning to a normal pace soon. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.

Fire And Ice: The Traditional Heroine In The Silmarillion, Sarah Beach

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

Defines the Light and Dark heroine, each of which may have a positive or negative aspect. Sees Finduilas and Nienor Níniel as negative, non-active, acted upon; Lúthien and Idril participate “in the course of their heroes’ actions.”

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.

Tolkien And Campbell Compared, Chris Seeman

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

Compares Tolkien’s and Campbell’s “thinking about myth.” Identifies three themes they share and traces their aesthetic vision in this context.

The Scouring Of The Shire As A Hobbit Coming-Of-Age, Jonathon D. Langford

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

Contends the events of The Lord of the Rings, culminating in the Scouring of the Shire, demonstrate a coming-of-age for the individual hobbits of the Fellowship, for some social and for others spiritual. The Shire’s response to Sharkey, especially after the Fellowship members return, is a coming-of-age for Hobbit society as a whole.

An Inklings Bibliography (44), 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

Tepper, Sheri S. Beauty.

Letters, Emilio Galindez, Joan Marie Verba, Kathryn Lindskoog, Corbin Carnell

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

No abstract provided.

Always Winter And Never Christmas: Symbols Of Time In Lewis' Chronicles Of Narnia, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Disagrees with Kilby that the appearance of Father Christmas in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is “incongruous.” Sees him as key to Lewis’s understanding of the theological significance of time and eternity.

Archetypes, Stereotypes, And The Female Hero: Transformations In Contemporary Perspectives, Terri Frontgia

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

Points out deficiencies of traditional mythic and psychological archetypes in encompassing females. Considers some heroes and heroines of modern fantasy who demonstrate a new paradigm of archetypes not tied to gender.

Above All Shadows Rides The Sun: Gollum As Hero, Elizabeth Arthur

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

Extensive discussion of the complexity of the character of Gollum/Sméagol. He can be seen as a kind of hero, intensely flawed but with incomparable endurance, and essential to the Quest.

The Secret Queen: Two Views Of The Heroine In Diana Paxson's The White Raven, Bruce Byfield

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

Contrasts Esseilte, who typifies the Campbellian role of the female in her symbolic relationship to the male, with Branwen—who challenges this pattern “by pursuing her own enlightenment in much the same way that a male hero does.”

Bashing Joseph Campbell: Is He Now The Hero Of A Thousand Spaces?, Coralee Grebe

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

Defends Joseph Campbell against recent attacks on his scholarship and personal beliefs.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, David Llewellyn Dobbs, Glen Goodknight

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

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis, Illus. by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Magical World of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield. "Gareth Knight". Reviewed by David Llewellyn Dobbs.

Celtic Calendar 1992: an historical and mythological calendar representing the Celtic Year: November 1, 1991 to October 31, 1992. Patrick Wynne and Alexei Kondratiev. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

A Word Of Hope, Paul Nisly

English Faculty Scholarship

Years ago when I was an undergraduate at a small Christian liberal arts college, I was sitting in our chapel auditorium waiting for the sermon. The chaplain walked to the lectern, opened his Bible, and read for us the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. He ended the reading from Scripture with these words, "The road from Jerusalem to Jericho runs straight through your dorm room." He paused, and we expected the sermon. Then, after a moment of silence, he dismissed us. What power in few words!

I want to argue that words, though limited are God's gift to us …

Wordsworth: The Sense Of History [Review], Michael Fischer

English Faculty Research

Alan Liu's Wordsworth: The Sense of History is a large book containing a multitude of materials on a wide range of subjects: Napoleon's military tactics, the indebtedness of Lake District weavers, the social history of criminal punishment, the class structure of Lakeland agricultural society, and the floor plans of late eighteenth-century rural cottages (to name only a few). As if all this were not enough, Liu often apologizes for not providing more, as when he admits that "full proof" of one of his hypotheses "opens to view ... a research field not as fully investigated as others and too vast …

William Blake And The Language Of Adam By Robert N. Essick, James C. Mckusick

English Faculty Publications

Review by James C. McKusick. William Blake and the Language of Adam is a welcome addition to our knowledge of the Romantic preoccupation with the mystery of linguistic origins, and it seems destined to become a model of bold, incisive, and carefully researched scholarly analysis of literary and artistic creation from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Essick's impeccable command of Blake's poetry and visual art is complemented by an extensive knowledge of the history of linguistics and an open-minded (yet critical) understanding of current issues in semiotics, phenomenology, and post-structuralist literary theory. William Blake and the Language of Adam provides an …

Our Paper 10/1991, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

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Vol. 11, No. 4 (1991), William Boozer

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

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A Streetcar Named Desire: The Moth And The Lantern, Philip C. Kolin

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Literary Exile In The Twentieth-Century: An Analysis And Biographical Dictionary, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Theology Of Father Brown, Catherine Miles Flynn

Institute for the Humanities Theses

This thesis explores the theological thought of G. K. Chesterton, particularly as it is found in his detective short stories about Father Brown. In his other works (e.g., Orthodoxy, Heretics, and his many books of essays), the theology of Chesterton is obvious. However, in the light, whimsical Father Brown stories the theology expressed is often profound, but underrated if not ignored by his critics. Specific examples from his stories will be used to highlight the theological points within the mysteries.

The life and times of Chesterton are discussed as having highly influenced his thought. His unconventional religious upbringing, in particular, …

The 'Vanity Fair' Of Nineteenth-Century England: Commerce, Women, And The East In The Ladies’ Bazaar, Gary Dyer

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 09/1991, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.

Zami: A Portrait Of An Artist As A Black Lesbian, Barbara Dibernard

Department of English: Faculty Publications

As feminist critics, we cannot continue to ignore differences in race, sexuality, and class when we write about women; we should heed Adrienne Rich's critique of her own earlier work, that she will never again write of the "faceless, raceless, classless category of 'all women.'" Aware that my work will be partial and limited, I would like to explore Audre Lorde's Zami as a portrait of an artist as a black lesbian. In doing so, I hope to suggest areas where we must open up our conception of the female Kunstlerroman so that we are taking account of Lorde's black …

Fiction As Autobiography, Autobiography As Fiction: Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" And "Dust Tracks On A Road.", Cathy L. Morgan

Theses & Honors Papers

No abstract provided.