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Gypsy Melody And Some Lines From Rilke, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Person From Porlock, Paul Edwin Zimmer

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Jogging The Moonbelly, Michael Kocik

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Ruby, Richard Goldstein

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Wiggly Dreams, Leslie Garrison

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Towards The True Country, D. Iarll Powell

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Coming Next: The Proceedings Of The J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

The Ecology Of Middle Earth, Marcella Juhren

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

Analysis of Middle-earth’s environmental equivalents to our world, by climate and dominant vegetation. Notes that Tolkien’s descriptions of the ecology of his Secondary World must be based on “years of close and thoughtful observation of nature”—particularly when describing transitions from one ecological niche to another. Concludes with an “ecological report” on Middle-earth. Covers geography, geology, and plant life in great detail.

The Illusion Of Control: Narrative Authority In Robin Mckinley's Beauty And The Blue Sword, Michael Cadden

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

Examines the narrative structure of Beauty and The Blue Sword in terms of Ganette’s distinction between mimetic authority and diegetic authority. Notes that both protagonists have little control over events and once their function is served, the patriarchal character of their world persists.

The Mythical Method Of Descent Into Hell, Evans Lansing Smith

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

Considers Williams’s Descent Into Hell as an excellent “example of the use of the mythical method [as defined by T.S. Eliot] as a metaphor of poesis, by which the fundamental forms of the imagination are catalyzed.” Geometrical symbolism and the underworld journey link it to many modernist works.

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, William H. Stoddard

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

Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Book of 20 Postcards. Art by John Howe, Roger Garland, Alan Lee, and Ted Nasmith. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Tolkien's Dragons & Monsters: A Book of 20 Postcards. Art by Alan Lee, John Howe, Ted Nasmith, Roger Garland, Inger Edelfeldt, and Carol Emery Phenix. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Morgoth's Ring: the Later Silmarillion, Part One, The Legends of Aman. J.R.R. Tolkien; Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy. David C. Downing. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson. …

The Mythology Of Out Of The Silent Planet, Margaret Hannay

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

Discussion of Out of the Silent Planet focusing on the religious and theological aspects of Lewis’ mythopoeic imagination and the creation of his “cosmic mythology.” Describes how OSP establishes the “basis for [Lewis’s] cosmic mythology, which is further developed in later books of the series.”

Cuchulainn And Women: A Jungian Perspective, Marian Davis O.S.B.

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

A Jungian interpretation of the Irish mythological cycle featuring the hero Cuchulainn, with particular attention to the prominent role of women.

Tarot Card Symbolism In The Star Wars Films, Coralee Grebe

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

A Jungian interpretation of the first three Star Wars films through the lens of Tarot imagery.

An Inklings Bibliography (52), 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.

Letters, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

No abstract provided.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Beagle, Peter S. The Innkeeper’s Song.

Artists' Comments, Patrick Wynne, Paula Disante, Sarah Beach

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

No abstract provided.

The Gift, Douglas A. Rossman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Peter Pan: Disney’S Adaptation Of J.M. Barrie’S Original Work, Brett T. Mcquade

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

Points to the differences between Barrie’s original Peter Pan, and Disney’s animated version of 1953. Contends Disney did the most damage to the character of Mr. Darling and thus “disregard[ed] Barrie’s primary motive for creating Peter Pan.”

Reviews, Paula Disante, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

The 1994 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar. Illustrated by Michael Kaluta. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

Spiritual Writings. Dorothy L. Sayers. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy L. Sayers: The Centenary Celebration. Alzina Stone Dale, editor. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

75 In 25, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Rhona Beare, Wayne Hammond

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

No abstract provided.

The Witch Woman: A Recurring Motif In Recent Fantasy Writing For Young Readers, John Warren Stewig

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

Thematic analysis of the figure of the witch woman (incorporating both good and evil versions) in recent examples of epic fantasy for children and young adults.

Tolkien’S Word-Hord Onlēac, Ricky L. Thompson

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

Explores “the stylized and conventional speeches” of Beowulf and the Green Knight as they “provide analogues for Tolkien’s heroes in The Lord of the Rings.” Contends that analysis of these speeches enhances awareness of many aspects of these heroes.

Breaking The Pattern: Alan Garner's The Owl Service And The Mabinogion, Sarah Beach

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

Examines how Garner’s The Owl Service reflects events of the Mabinogion in modern terms. Pays particular attention to issues of parental possessiveness, control and expectation, and the need to break “deterministic patterns.”

Censoring The World Riddle, Tim Callahan

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

Detailed examination of the efforts of Christian fundamentalists to censor fantasy films and books. Asserts that “one must give up the right to control as the price of entry” into Faërie. Fundamentalist ideologies do not allow for that “suspension of judgment” necessary to confront the World Riddle, or Faërie.

Anne Sexton And Anima Transformations: Transformations As A Critique Of The Psychology Of Love In Grimm’S Fairy Tales, John Hruschka

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

Uses “Jung’s theories of anima as a critical framework [...] to demonstrate that Sexton’s poems [...] critique the psychology of romantic love that informs the Grimm Brothers’ tales and the impact of that ideology on women.”

An Inklings Bibliography (51), 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.

Law And Disorder: Two Settings In That Hideous Strength, Doris T. Myers

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

Contrasts Bracton College, symbolic of failure to respect the natural law (or Tao), as Lewis defines it, and Belbury. The former ignores the natural law, representing alienation from nature and “licit” law, religion, and science.