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Full-Text Articles in Children's and Young Adult Literature

The Hobbit Considered In Relation To Children's Literature Contemporary With Its Writing And Publication, Christina Scull Dec 1987

The Hobbit Considered In Relation To Children's Literature Contemporary With Its Writing And Publication, Christina Scull

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

Considers The Hobbit in relation to other children’s books published during its composition and publication (ca. 1929–1937). Examines how The Hobbit was similar to and different from other fantasy of the period.


Looking Forwards From The Tower: The Relationship Of The Dark Ages In Northern Europe To Fantasy Literature, Patricia Reynolds Dec 1987

Looking Forwards From The Tower: The Relationship Of The Dark Ages In Northern Europe To Fantasy Literature, Patricia Reynolds

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

Describes elements of “Dark Ages” culture in Northern Europe known through history and archaeology (e.g. runes, swords, burial mounds) and notes their use in modern fantasy novels of Tolkien and others.


Sauron And Dracula, Gwenyth Hood Dec 1987

Sauron And Dracula, Gwenyth Hood

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

Compares Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Tolkien’s Sauron, noting both profound similarities and important differences, especially in the relationship of these villains and those they tempt to evil.


Misery Loves… A Root Of Villainy, Deborah Webster Rogers Dec 1987

Misery Loves… A Root Of Villainy, Deborah Webster Rogers

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

Sees a common motive in three villains of fiction: Gollum, Captain Hook, and Salieri. Each believes that he lacks something “and devotes himself to making it good at the expense of a protagonist who has what the villain wants.”


Images Of Spirit In The Fiction Of Clive Staples Lewis, Charlotte Spivak Dec 1987

Images Of Spirit In The Fiction Of Clive Staples Lewis, Charlotte Spivak

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

Shows how Lewis, in his fiction, “explores the phenomenology of Spirit through his creation of several numinous figures who reflect medieval paradigms.” These figures reflect both medieval allegorical meanings and Jungian archetypes.


Reviews, Taum Santoski, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Christine Lowentrout Dec 1987

Reviews, Taum Santoski, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Christine Lowentrout

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

The Lost Road and Other Writings. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Taum Santoski.

Seven: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Vol. 8. Beatrice Batson, David S. Robb, John Coates, Diane Edwards, Gwenyth E. Hood, George Musacchio, Brian G. Marsden, Stephen Medcalf. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Gesellschaft fur Literatur und Aesthetic. Gisbert Kranz. Reviewed by Christine Lowentrout.

C.S. Lewis and His World. David Barratt. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.


Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev Dec 1987

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Bull, Emma. War for the Oaks Paxson, Diana L. The Paradise Tree. Zimmer, Paul Edwin. A Gathering of Heroes.


Editorial Opening, Glen H. Goodknight Dec 1987

Editorial Opening, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.


Letters, Judith J. Kollmann, Ruth Berman, Jorge Quinonez Dec 1987

Letters, Judith J. Kollmann, Ruth Berman, Jorge Quinonez

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

No abstract provided.


To Clyde S. Kilby: In Memoriam, Donald T. Williams Dec 1987

To Clyde S. Kilby: In Memoriam, Donald T. Williams

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

No abstract provided.


Quenti Lambardillion: A Phoenetic Analysis Of Tolkien’S Invented Languages: Consonants, Paul Nolan Hyde Dec 1987

Quenti Lambardillion: A Phoenetic Analysis Of Tolkien’S Invented Languages: Consonants, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Detailed analysis of the consonant structure of Quenya, Sindarin, Black Speech, Adunaic, Hobbitish Westron, and Khuzdul.


The Lion Behind The Wardrobe, Dixie Cochran Dec 1987

The Lion Behind The Wardrobe, Dixie Cochran

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

No abstract provided.


From Belbury To Bernt-Arse: The Rhetoric Of The Wasteland In Lewis, Orwell And Hoban, Kath Filmer Dec 1987

From Belbury To Bernt-Arse: The Rhetoric Of The Wasteland In Lewis, Orwell And Hoban, Kath Filmer

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

Analyzes the rhetorical modes used in mythopoeic literature, using as examples 1984, Riddley Walker, and That Hideous Strength. Focuses on the rhetorical use of the image of the wasteland in these novels.


Maskull And Ransom: The Dark Night Of The Soul, Matt Fisher Dec 1987

Maskull And Ransom: The Dark Night Of The Soul, Matt Fisher

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

Traces the spiritual development of Maskull in A Voyage to Arcturus and Ransom in Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. Focuses on the concept of the “dark night of the soul” endured by both.


Memory Emancipated: The Fantastic Realism Of Mervyn Peake, Tanya Gardiner-Scott Dec 1987

Memory Emancipated: The Fantastic Realism Of Mervyn Peake, Tanya Gardiner-Scott

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

Examines Peake’s experience of World War II (and in particular a post-war visit to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp) as significant sources for Titus Alone.


Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout Nov 1987

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Hoard Of Hrothiric, Erin Lale Nov 1987

The Hoard Of Hrothiric, Erin Lale

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


This City Needs Danced Over, Charles Rampp Nov 1987

This City Needs Danced Over, Charles Rampp

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Ruddy Ghost: A Rondel / Aubade, Joe R. Christopher, Gwenyth E. Hood Nov 1987

The Ruddy Ghost: A Rondel / Aubade, Joe R. Christopher, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Cicada Heritage, Charles Rampp Nov 1987

Cicada Heritage, Charles Rampp

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Unremembered Tomb, Gwenyth E. Hood Nov 1987

The Unremembered Tomb, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Ghost House, Ronald C. Morgan Ii Nov 1987

Ghost House, Ronald C. Morgan Ii

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Cleo, Judith B. Jones Nov 1987

Cleo, Judith B. Jones

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Letter Gods, Stefan Bilandic Nov 1987

The Letter Gods, Stefan Bilandic

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Christmas Witch And The Halloween Elf, Virginia Kroll Nov 1987

The Christmas Witch And The Halloween Elf, Virginia Kroll

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Esmarella The Witchkin, Lee Beasley Nov 1987

Esmarella The Witchkin, Lee Beasley

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Blood-Red Rune, Douglas A. Rossman Nov 1987

The Blood-Red Rune, Douglas A. Rossman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The China Doll And The Meadowlark, Michael Kocik Nov 1987

The China Doll And The Meadowlark, Michael Kocik

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


Hild, Tim Callahan Nov 1987

Hild, Tim Callahan

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.


The Fountain And The Black Fish, Gwenyth E. Hood Nov 1987

The Fountain And The Black Fish, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.