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"Countries Of The Mind": The Mundane, The Fantastic, And Reality In The Landscapes Of Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood And Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series, Brittani Ivan

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

The landscape, in a piece of mythopoeic fiction, is more than a backdrop to the action- It is the story itself rendered static. The way each author arranges their landscape thus reflects their conception of continuities, discontinuities, and imbalances of power and reality between the mundane and the fantastic. I argue that by applying the postcolonial theories of Mary Louise Pratt, Michel de Certeau, and Homi Bhaba to the fantastic landscapes that are mapped or left unmapped by Diana Wynne Jones in Hexwood and Garth Nix in his Old Kingdom Series, it is revealed that the ideological divide between the …

‘Morning Stars Of A Setting World’: Alain De Lille’S De Planctu Naturæ And Tolkien’S Legendarium As Neo-Platonic Mythopoeia., Christopher Vaccaro

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

Examines a possible source of the imagery associated with Tolkien’s representations of divine and queenly women in Alain de Lille’s De Planctu Naturæ, or Complaint of Nature. De Lille was a 12^th century theologian and poet associated with the Chartres school, and an influence on Chaucer.

‘A Warp Of Horror’: J.R.R. Tolkien’S Sub-Creations Of Evil, Richard Angelo Bergen

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

Considers Tolkien’s skilled evocation of evil and the way he manages to hold Augustinian and Manichean conceptions of evil in balance, particularly in his depiction of orcs.

‘Your Mother Died To Save You’: The Influence Of Mothers In Constructing Moral Frameworks For Violence In Harry Potter, Margaret S. Mauk

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

This thought-provoking piece takes us to Harry Potter’s world and a study of mothers in that world—and how their actions permit an interpretation of some forms of offensive violence as pre-emptive or even defensive.

Maleldil And Reader Response In C.S. Lewis’S Out Of The Silent Planet, Thomas Rand

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

On Lewis’s coinage of the name Maleldil and its linguistic implications.

Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note), David Bratman

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

Updates Bratman’s 1997 essay on Inkling Dyson in Mythlore #82.

Memories Of Clyde Kilby (Note), Mike Foster

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

Foster recounts an early interview with Clyde Kilby, founder of the Wade Collection at Wheaton University and friend of several of the Inklings.

Beren And Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated By Alan Lee, Kate Neville

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

No abstract provided.

Letter To The Editor, J. Aleksandr Wootton

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

A reply to a point made by Andrew Lazo in his essay in Mythlore #130 about Lewis’s comments on T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

Tolkien’S Theology Of Beauty: Majesty, Splendour, And Transcendence In Middle-Earth By Lisa Coutras, Phillip Irving Mitchell

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

No abstract provided.

The Fantastic Of The Fin De Siècle. Eds. Irina Grubica And Zdenĕk Beran, Douglas A. Anderson

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

No abstract provided.

Celtic Myth In Contemporary Children’S Fantasy: Idealization, Identity, Ideology By Dimitra Fimi, Glenn R. Gray

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

No abstract provided.

The Ravenclaw Chronicles: Reflections From Edinboro. Ed. Corbin Fowler And Harry Potter For Nerds Ii: Essays For Fans, Academics, And Lit Geeks. Eds. Kathryn Mcdaniel And Travis Prinzi, Jennifer W. Spirko

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

No abstract provided.

Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind The Writings Of C.S. Lewis By Donald T. Williams, Diane Joy Baker

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

No abstract provided.

The Invention Of Angela Carter: A Biography By Edmund Gordon, Dennis Wilson Wise

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

No abstract provided.

Laughter In Middle-Earth: Humour In And Around The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien. Eds. Thomas Honegger And Maureen F. Mann, Janet Brennan Croft

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

No abstract provided.

Tolkien Studies: An Annual Review V. Xiii. Eds. Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, And David Bratman; North Wind: A Journal Of George Macdonald Studies V. 35. Ed. John Pennington; And Vii (Seven): Journal Of The Marion E. Wade Center V.33. Ed. Marjorie Lamp Mead, Janet Brennan Croft

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

No abstract provided.

Briefly Noted: The Wizard Of Oz As A Parable. Steve Adams., Mike Foster

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

No abstract provided.

Robert E. Havard: A Closer Look At The ‘Medical Inkling’ (Note), Sarah O’Dell

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

A preliminary study on under-examined Inkling Robert E. Havard.

J.R.R. Tolkien And The 1954 Nomination Of E.M. Forster For The Nobel Prize In Literature, Dennis Wilson Wise

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

Wise speculates on the involvement of J.R.R. Tolkien in the group nomination of E.M Forster for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954; he discusses not only the politics behind the nomination but reads Forster’s Howards End and A Passage to India in the light of the tension between Tolkien’s interests in nationalism and inter-racial cooperation.

Three Rings For The Elven-Kings: Trilogizing Tolkien In Print And Film, Robert T. Tally, Jr.

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

Discusses the division of works meant to be whole into trilogies; primarily Tolkien’s lengthy novel, split into two volumes due to printing considerations, and Peter Jackson’s film trilogies of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

A Note On A Name (Note), Verlyn Flieger

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

Discusses a possible source for the name Trotter in early drafts of The Lord of the Rings.

From Peterborough To Faëry: The Poetics And Mechanics Of Secondary Worlds. Eds. Thomas Honegger And Dirk Vanderbeke, David Emerson

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

No abstract provided.

Forgotten Leaves: Essays From A Smial. Eds. Jessica Burke And Anthony Burdge, Cait Coker

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

No abstract provided.

Briefly Noted: Orcrist: The Bulletin Of The Tolkien And Fantasy Society At The University Of Wisconsin--Madison #9. Ed. Richard C. West, Lucas Annear, And Jack Mathie, Janet Brennan Croft

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

No abstract provided.

Slave Rebellion, Fugitive Literature, And The Force Of Law, Jeffrey Hole

First-Year Honors Program Research Seminars

From the Stono Rebellion in 1739 to the revolt aboard the ship Amistad in 1839, from Nat Turner’s uprising in 1831 to the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859—on land and on sea, in U.S. territory and international spaces—slaves and abolitionist allies resisted the legal doctrines and martial enforcement of the slave system. In this presentation, we will explore how nineteenth-century literature imagined and depicted slave rebellion, particularly in the decade before the Civil War and in the aftermath of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. A component of the Great Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act strengthened a set …

To Build The Fire Of Revolution, Stephen Roddewig

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

Scholarly examinations of naturalism in Jack London’s 1908 short story “To Build a Fire” often overlook the influence of the socialist political movement. After surveying the American Socialist Party movement and London’s activism in “How I Became a Socialist,” this essay uses the frame of Marxist rhetorical criticism to inspect sociopolitical themes in London’s famous story. London’s critiques of Individualism in “How I Became a Socialist” parallel one of his concerns in “To Build a Fire” as his unnamed protagonist progresses through the Yukon with the larger ideals of American society and the capitalist economy guiding his actions. Although masculinity, …

Biopolitical Masochism In Marina Abramović’S The Artist Is Present, Jaime Brunton

Department of English: Faculty Publications

This essay analyzes The Artist Is Present, Marina Abramović’s heavily mediatized 2010 performance at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, through the lenses of Freudian and Deleuzean concepts of masochism, specifically with respect to how the masochistic tendencies of this performance may be read in the current context of biopolitics. The essay seeks answers to questions of political import that many critical analyses of Abramović’s performance, which focus on details of the performer’s personal history, have not adequately addressed. Drawing on the documentary film Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (2012) that follows Abramović through the conceptualization and enactment …

Perspectives: Miami Through A Different Lens, Fall 2017, Volume 1, Issue 1, University Of Miami

Perspectives: Miami Through a Different Lens

"The students at the University of Miami have combined their stories with those of marginalized groups within the country to learn more about themselves and the world they live in. They spoke to women from the Homestead Correctional Institution by taking part in the Exchange for Change program and communicated with undocumented farm workers in the area through WeCount.

The journal features submissions from students and their exchange partners in the form of excerpts from their exchange letters, as well as several collaborative stories that students wrote with the women of HCI. Students wrote reflections on their dinner with farm …

English In India's Grand Stategy, Karthika Sasikumar

Faculty Publications

The term ‘grand strategy’ may appear be an extravagant and abstract expression, yet it is simply a shorthand manner of describing a country’s efforts in diverse areas towards its key goals. According to Yale historian Paul Kennedy, the crux of grand strategy lies in the “capacity of the nation’s leaders to bring together all of the elements, both military and nonmilitary, for the preservation and enhancement of the nation’s long-term (that is, in wartime and peacetime) best interests” (Kennedy 1991:5). Thus, grand strategy deploys all of a country’s assets. For India, one such asset is the English language. Although English …