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- Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings (3)
- Ann K. Schwader (2)
- John Patrick Wall (2)
- Le Guin, Ursula K. Always Coming Home (2)
- Owen R. Neill (2)
- Williams, Charles. All Hallows’ Eve (2)
- Affirmation of images in Charles Williams (1)
- After Violence (1)
- Anglo-Saxon culture in J.R.R. Tolkien (1)
- Aquinas, Thomas—Theory of vices (1)
- Barrie, J.M.—Characters—Captain Hook (1)
- Barrie, J.M.—Relation to Du Maurier family (1)
- Bartter, Martha A.—Theory of behavior—Relation to Always Coming Home (1)
- Beagle, Peter S. The Last Unicorn (1)
- Beowulf—Influence on The Hobbit (1)
- Campbell, Joseph—Influence (1)
- Cardinal Directions—Symbolism (1)
- Carn Cabal (1)
- Celtic mythology—Influence on J.R.R Tolkien (1)
- De la Mare, Walter. The Three Royal Monkeys—Relation to Tolkien (1)
- Death Deceived (1)
- Death in All Hallows’ Eve (1)
- Du Maurier, George—Influence on J.M. Barrie (1)
- Dwight E. Humphries (1)
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The Opaque Crystal, Patrick Mcginn
The Opaque Crystal, Patrick Mcginn
The Mythic Circle
Beneath the austere sun, a spinning cloud of dust rose from the hardpan ground and whipped toward Reget. A chill rippled through him as he watched the gyrating motes coalesce into a towering demon the color of twilight.
The Leopard Face, Walter Lide
The Leopard Face, Walter Lide
The Mythic Circle
Sangara sat on the dirt floor of a small straw hut she shared with her father, Tanato, and the silence between them seemed as huge as the Great Northland Desert.
The Cause And Effect Of Daydreaming, Laurence Weiner
The Cause And Effect Of Daydreaming, Laurence Weiner
The Mythic Circle
In a typically large metropolitan area stood a typically large metropolitan insurance building that dwarfed the surrounding buildings to such an extent that the metropolitan area became famous due to the hugeness of one, single metropolitan structure.
The Sage And The Tiger, Marjorie Maxwell
The Sage And The Tiger, Marjorie Maxwell
The Mythic Circle
Once upon a time, in a far off remote land there lived a sage. No one knew his name for he had been there, unobtrusively, for as long as the oldest inhabitant could remember.
Love - And Hate - Among The Runes: Two Norse Tales Retold, Douglas A. Rossman
Love - And Hate - Among The Runes: Two Norse Tales Retold, Douglas A. Rossman
The Mythic Circle
Freya’s Tears: Why must you go, Od?" Freyja's voice was plaintive as, hugging her knees, she sat up on the bearskin rug where they had spent the night. Loki Bound: “Hurry, woman, hurry”! The scream is torn from my lips despite my determination not to acknowledge the pain— the excruciating pain— that wracks my face and chest every time the bowl fills with venom and Sigyn has to leave the cave to empty it.
Mythic Circle #8, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout
Mythic Circle #8, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout
The Mythic Circle
There are lots of things going on in this world and, in the scheme of things, The Mythic Circle is a very small piece indeed. Still, it consumes more of Ye Olde Edytors’ effort and energy than you might imagine. Just about the same time that I found myself wondering, "why are we doing this, anyway?" while we struggled with overloaded schedules and my temporarily bi-coastal lifestyle (back in Altadena now) -- I’d started talking to Christine about whether we should hang up the gloves and climb out of the ring before we’re punch-drunk- the Mythopoeic Society’s members questionnaire started …
Et Cetera, Marshall University
Et Cetera, Marshall University
Et Cetera
Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.
Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry
The Literary Detective Computer Analysis Of Stylistic Differences Between "The Dark Tower" And C.S. Lewis' Deep Space Trilogy, Carla Faust Jones
The Literary Detective Computer Analysis Of Stylistic Differences Between "The Dark Tower" And C.S. Lewis' Deep Space Trilogy, Carla Faust Jones
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Uses a computer program, The Literary Detective, to analyze text from “The Dark Tower” and all three books of the Space Trilogy. Concludes “The Dark Tower” represents a different style from the other books.
A Comedy Of Masks: Lord Peter As Harlequin In Murder Must Adverstise, Nancy-Lou Patterson
A Comedy Of Masks: Lord Peter As Harlequin In Murder Must Adverstise, Nancy-Lou Patterson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines the symbolism of the Harlequin character in Murder Must Advertise, from its roots in the commedia del’ arte to contemporary parallels. Discusses the symbolic functions of the Harlequin in the novel.
Quenti Lambardillion: : Oilima Markirya: A Ship In Time, Paul Nolan Hyde
Quenti Lambardillion: : Oilima Markirya: A Ship In Time, Paul Nolan Hyde
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Considers different versions of the “Ark” poem, “Oilima Markirya,” in the essay “A Secret Vice” and its endnotes.
Letters, Christopher M. Cornell, David Bratman, Patricia Reynolds, Melanie A. Rawls, Diana Waggoner, Arden R. Smith, Chris Seeman
Letters, Christopher M. Cornell, David Bratman, Patricia Reynolds, Melanie A. Rawls, Diana Waggoner, Arden R. Smith, Chris Seeman
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
A Celebration Of Tasker Hepplewater's Mock Turtle (1935), Joe R. Christopher
A Celebration Of Tasker Hepplewater's Mock Turtle (1935), Joe R. Christopher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Poem And Glossary, Benjamin Urrutia
Poem And Glossary, Benjamin Urrutia
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Tolkien's Creative Technique: Beowulf And The Hobbit, Bonniejean Christensen
Tolkien's Creative Technique: Beowulf And The Hobbit, Bonniejean Christensen
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Asserts that “The Hobbit, differing greatly in tone, is nonetheless a retelling of the incidents that comprise the plot and the digressions in both parts of Beowulf.” However, his retelling is from a Christian point of view.
Thackeray's The Rose And The Ring: A Novelist's Fairy Tale, Gail D. Sorensen
Thackeray's The Rose And The Ring: A Novelist's Fairy Tale, Gail D. Sorensen
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Discusses Thackeray’s literary fairy tale—its technique, moral, and the similarity of its techniques to those used in his novels.
Tolkien And De La Mare: The Fantastic Secondary Worlds Of The Hobbit And The Three Mulla-Mulgars, A. Bentinck
Tolkien And De La Mare: The Fantastic Secondary Worlds Of The Hobbit And The Three Mulla-Mulgars, A. Bentinck
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Notes many similarities between De la Mare’s rather obscure fantasy, The Three Mulla-Mulgars (later changed to The Three Royal Monkeys) and The Hobbit, and their authors’ attitudes about fantasy.
Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev
Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Williams, Tad. The Dragonbone Chair.
An Inklings Bibliography (34), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis
An Inklings Bibliography (34), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.
Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, David Bratman, Wayne G. Hammond
Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, David Bratman, Wayne G. Hammond
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Tree and Leaf, including the poem Mythopoeia. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
Lenten Hands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis. Douglas H. Gresham. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
C.S. Lewis: His Literary Achievement. C.N. Manlove. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
The C.S. Lewis Hoax. Kathryn Lindskoog. Reviewed by David Bratman.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Man of Fantasy. Russell Shorto. Reviewed by Wayne G. Hammond.
Howard Pyle. Lucien L. Agosta. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.
Tegnér's Saga, Hanna Stenström
Tegnér's Saga, Hanna Stenström
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Biography of Swedish poet who inspired Longfellow’s poem, “Tegnér’s Drapa”—the poem that first inspired “joy” in Lewis.
Self-Conscious Narration As The Complex Representation Of Hope In Le Guin's Always Coming Home, Carol Franko
Self-Conscious Narration As The Complex Representation Of Hope In Le Guin's Always Coming Home, Carol Franko
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Calls Always Coming Home an “open-ended utopia” that presents the possibility of utopia without being specific about the means to get there. The self-reflexive narrator, Pandora, is the “structuring paradox” of a novel that leads the reader to long for a utopia while remaining ambiguous about its possibility.
The Nature Of The City: Visions Of The Kingdom And Its Saints In Charles Williams' All Hallows' Eve, Angelee Sailer Anderson
The Nature Of The City: Visions Of The Kingdom And Its Saints In Charles Williams' All Hallows' Eve, Angelee Sailer Anderson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Study of Williams’s symbolic portrayal of the Kingdom of God in All Hallows’ Eve. Discusses coinherence, substitution, and the affirmation and rejection of images.
Isolated But Not Alone, Glen Goodknight
Isolated But Not Alone, Glen Goodknight
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.