Children's and Young Adult Literature | Open Access Articles

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Achievement Of His Literary Life, Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull

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

An overview of Tolkien’s achievements in both fiction and scholarship, and an account of their work on editing the posthumous children’s story Roverandom.

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King Arthur 'Lite': Dilution Of Mythic Elements In Arthurian Film, Eleanor M. Farrell

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

Concentrates on films and television that use elements of the Arthurian legends, rather than retellings of the main story.

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Balder The Beautiful: Aslan's Norse Ancestor In The Chronicles Of Narnia, Salwa Khoddam

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

Because of Lewis’s typological approach to his use of sources, it is possible to see Aslan not just as a straight allegory of Christ but as embodying elements from other mythic systems; in this case, Balder, a figure from Norse mythology. This is supported by Lewis’s known love for northern myths and his particular reaction to the lines about Balder from Longfellow’s “Tegnér’s Drapa.”

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The Commonplace Book: Charles Williams's Early Approach To The Arthurian Poetry, Georgette Versinger

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

Examines Williams’s handwritten notebook, in which he jotted ideas and references for his Arthurian poetry, for clues about influences, style, themes, and characters.

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Editorial, Theodore James Sherman

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

No abstract provided.

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Inklings Bibliography, Wayne G. Hammond

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

Brief reviews of ten selected Inklings-related items published 1988–1998.

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Mythcon 30 - Bree & Beyond: Exploring The Fantasy Worlds Of J.R.R. Tolkien And His Fellow Travelers, The Mythopoeic Society

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Whether this is your first fantasy-related conference, or your fourth or your thirtieth-a thousand welcomes to you all. Whether you come here from elsewhere in the midwest, or the west coast, or strands afar remote--be assured that you are very welcome. Your conference committee has organized this little gathering, at bottom, for the fun of it not that the chores necessary to make it possible have always been fun, but such is our goal for the conference: intelligence and fun, scholarship and joy. We are delighted that you have come to contribute to this and to share in it.

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