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In This Issue, Glen Goodknight

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

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Artist's Comment, Paula Disante

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

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Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Glen Goodknight, David Bratman

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

A Book of Narnians: The Lion, the Witch, and the Others. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Text by Brian Sibley, Images by John Howe. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Patterning of a Fantastic World. Colin Manlove. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Man Who Created Narnia: The Story of C.S. Lewis. Michael Coren. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

A Barfield Sampler: Poetry and Fiction by Owen Barfield. Edited by Jeanne Clayton Hunter and Thomas Kranidas. Reviewed by David Bratman.

C.S. Lewis in Context. Doris T. Myers. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

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An Inklings Bibliography (55), 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.

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Fantasy Art And Warrior Women: An Aesthetic Critique Of Feminine Images, Joe Simmons

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

Discusses the significance of portrayals of warrior women in modern fantasy art, particularly in comic books and their associated items. Notes the good and bad points of such portrayals and expresses the hope that the spiritual dimension present in characters such as Lewis’s Jill and Tolkien’s Éowyn will come to play a greater role in artistic portrayals of warrior women.

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Augustine And The Ainulindale, John Houghton

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

Points out similarities in the meaning of Genesis as St. Augustine set it out (particularly in Twelve Books on the Literal Sense of Genesis) and Tolkien’s account of the creation in the Ainulindale.

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Duzen And Ihrzen In The German Translation Of The Lord Of The Rings, Arden R. Smith

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

Discusses difficulties in translating Lord of the Rings into German, in particular the complications arising from the second person plural: singular/plural and familiar/ deferential forms. Notes the special challenges in translating dialogue in a fantasy novel, such as conversations with animals and objects.

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C.S. Lewis' Linguistic Myth, Joe R. Christopher

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

Formalist/New Critical analysis of C.S. Lewis’s poem “The Birth of Language.” Concentrates on the imagery of Mercury, particularly in relation to language. Includes brief Platonic and Christian readings of the poem.

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