Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

A Mythcon Farewell, Cary Hoagland, John Stolzenbach

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

Founders note: "This song was first sung at the 1994 Conference, and has been sung again at the 1995 and 1996 Conferences. It seems it is now part of the Society's colletion of songs sung at the closing session, along with "The Baby and the Bird" and "The Chorea Magna."

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Paula Disante, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator. Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The 1996 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar. Art by Ted Nasmith. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

Charles Williams: A Celebration. Brian Home, editor. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist. Barbara Reynolds. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Finding the Landlord: A Guidebook to C.S. Lewis' Pilgrim's Regess. Kathryn Lindskoog. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Time Travel, Rhona Beare

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

Relates various examples of time travel and time distortion in literature. Asks why no travel stories (excepting fantasies) were written before the 19th century if the desire for such stories is as “primordial” as Tolkien says.

The Night In Her Own Country: The Heroine’S Quest For Self In Ursula K. Le Guin’S The Tombs Of Atuan, Gail Sidonie Sobat

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

Examines The Tombs of Atuan and Tehanu in contrast to the “journey of the hero” as defined by Campbell and Pratt, and also Jungian concepts of the Self. Notes ways in which the journey of the heroine is different from that of the hero.

Orson Scott Card: An Approach To Mythopoeic Fiction, Michael R. Collings

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

Guest of Honor speech, Mythcon 26. Discusses Card’s fiction in the context of his own essay, “Fantasy and the Believing Reader” (reprinted in full as an appendix).

King Arthur In The Marketplace, King Arthur In The Myth, Cath Filmer-Davies

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

Recounts and criticizes various contemporary examples of the use of the Arthurian mythos for commercial or political purposes. Applauds the rehabilitation of the myths by Stephen Lawhead.

An Inklings Bibliography (56), 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.

Moon Marks, Sue Nevill

The Mythic Circle

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Used Furniture, Bill Embly

The Mythic Circle

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Live-In Help, Margaret L. Carter

The Mythic Circle

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Letters Of Comment, Thomas M. Egan, Katharine Carey, Erin Lale

The Mythic Circle

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Moving On, Tom Liberman

The Mythic Circle

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The Thunderslammers, Christopher A. Zackey

The Mythic Circle

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Mythic Circle #19, Tina Cooper, C.I.S. Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

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Editorial, Tina Cooper, C.I.S. Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

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God Of The Dragging Feet, Sue Nevill

The Mythic Circle

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Amber, Corrine De Winter

The Mythic Circle

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Fire, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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Transformation Of The Dragon, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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Europa, John Grey

The Mythic Circle

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Just In The After, Kyle Jarrard

The Mythic Circle

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Feathers In The Wind, Lloyd Alan Fletcher

The Mythic Circle

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Flight, Tim Scott

The Mythic Circle

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The Kraken Cup, Douglas A. Rossman

The Mythic Circle

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Once Upon A Prince, David Sandner

The Mythic Circle

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The Three Crowned Flame, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

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Mythcon 26 - Fairies In The Garden, Monsters At The Mall: Fantasy In The World Around Us, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Programs

A few novels on our conference theme, especially those taking place in Northern California, but also extending across a wide variety of settings, recommended by the Mythcon committee.

"The Church Militant" Resurrected: Mythic Elements In George Herbert's The Temple, Darci N. Hill

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

Discusses the third movement of George Herbert’s The Temple, “The Church Militant.” Reviews critical reception of the poem, and analyzes how it adapts “Christian myth to the classical epic formulas.”

C.S. Lewis’S Debt To E.M. Forster’S "The Celestial Omnibus" And Other Stories, Douglas Loney

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

Demonstrates the debt C.S. Lewis owes to three short stories by E.M. Forster: “The Celestial Omnibus,” “The Other Side of the Hedge,” and “The Story of a Panic.” Notes similarities in the character of Eustace Scrubb and other incidents and themes in Lewis’s works.

Preliminary Matters: The Neglected Preludes To Charles Williams' Arthuriad, C. M. Adderley

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

Detailed explication of the “Prelude” in Taliessen through Logres and Region of the Summer Stars. Notes that much of the perceived difficulty understanding these poems is the lack of general knowledge of the historical and theological points of the Christian church to which they refer.