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Mythic Circle #13, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

Welcome to Mythic Circle #13! The current Mythic Circle includes a lovely story by Joseph Kurtenbach called "The Healer and the Storyteller," a meditation, in effect, on how stories themselves may heal; a darkly attractive "Puppet Ruler," by Frank Mitchell; a return to our pages by C. Schabel with "The Cyclops Maid" (welcome back, Char­les), and by Joe Christopher with three poems display­ing his sheer prowess with words; and a "Mythopoeic Youth" section. We also have some fine free verse by Mary Choo. Please write in and give us your comments! This is especially important with regard to our young …

An Inklings Bibliography (46), 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.

The Edges Of Reality In Tolkien's Tale Of Aldarion And Erendis, Richard Mathews

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

Calls “The Tale of Aldarion and Erendis” one “which uniquely employs hard edges of reality to heighten the success of the fantasy.”

In This Issue, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Index To J.R.R. Tolkien In Mythlore Issues 1-69, Trevor Reynolds

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

Subject index to articles and book reviews related primarily or substantially to Tolkien.

The Neverending Story: Textual Happiness In The Lord Of The Rings, Dominic Manganiello

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

Discusses endings and closure in The Lord of the Rings with reference to literary theories of endings in literature, and to Tolkien’s own “On Fairy-stories.”

Tributes To J.R.R. Tolkien, Glen H. Goodknight

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

"The following are tributes written by readers of Mythlore. So many tributes have been submitted, that despite those given here, there are many more that will have to wait until the next issue. If you do not find your tribute here, please understand. Many of the tributes are very personal, but that is Tolkien's magic as a writer — he invites us as readers to participate in the act of sub-creation: our own imaginations complete the details of the stories, and they become part of us." — Glen GoodKnight

The Three Faces Of Faërie In Tolkien's Shorter Fiction: Niggle, Smith, And Giles, Eric S. Graff

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

Examines Tolkien’s shorter fiction as representations of what he calls in “On Fairy-stories” the three faces of fairy-stories: “the Mystical towards the Supernatural” (“Leaf by Niggle”); “The Magical towards Nature” (Smith of Wootton Major); and “the Mirror of scorn and pity towards man” (Farmer Giles of Ham).

Artists' Comments, Bg Callahan, 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.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

J.R.R. Tolkien In Translation, Glen H. Goodknight

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

Updates the bibliography of translations of Tolkien published in Mythlore 32. Includes a “Table of First Date of Publication” of translations into 32 languages. Includes illustrations from many of the translations.

Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Graham Darling, René Van Rossenberg, John K. Hord

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

No abstract provided.

The Mythopoeic Society, Mythlore Staff

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Paul Nolan Hyde, Glen H. Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Sauron Defeated. J.R.R. Tolkien; Ed. Christopher R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Paul Nolan Hyde.

The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien; Illust. Alan Lee. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Tolkien Family Album. John and Priscilla Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Master of Fantasy. David R. Collins. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

In This Issue, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, Diana Waggoner, Catherine Madsen, Jeffrey Lee Satterfield, Craig Payne, Dainis Bisenieks, Walter B. Crawford

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

No abstract provided.

Aeneidic And Odyssean Patterns Of Escape And Return In Tolkien's The Fall Of Gondolin And The Return Of The King, David Greenman

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

Sees classical influence in the quest patterns of Tolkien’s heroes. Tuor fits the pattern of Aeneas (the Escape Quest) and the hobbits in Return of the King follow that of Odysseus (the Return Quest).

The Redemption Of Cain In John Gardner's Grendel, Graig Payne

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

Examines Gardner’s Grendel in terms of the clash of the title character’s world-view versus that of the Men in the story. Pays particular attention to Grendel’s position as a descendant of Cain.

Sheri S. Tepper And Feminism's Future, Beverly Price

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

Defines the “patriarchal feminist heroine” as an almost superhuman individual who exists within a patriarchal society without changing it. Sees a shift in Tepper’s work from such individuals to a focus on groups and whole societies, which are more effective at causing social change.

Dances With Dusei: A Personal Response To C.J. Cherryh's The Faded Sun, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Examines Cherryh’s imagination and narrative skill in creating characters in depth. Analyzes the two alien races in the Faded Sun trilogy (mri and regul) and the interaction between them and humans.

Loss And Recompense: Responsibilities In Beowulf, Sarah Beach

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

Examines “the importance of communal responsibilities, particularly dealing with matters of loss and recompense” in the supporting narrative material of the Beowulf poem. This theme provides “a key for understanding the relationship between the main events of the poem and the supporting sub-stories.”

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Paula Disante

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

The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien, Illus. by Alan Lee. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien, Illus. by Alan Lee. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

Farmer Giles of Ham. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Smith of Wooton Major. J.R.R. Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Christian Reunion and Other Essays. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Nature As Supernature: Donaldson's Revision Of Spenser, Matthew A. Fike

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

Compares the treatment of Law as tempered by Mercy in Spenser and Donaldson. By his technique of “displacing the sacred with the natural,” Donaldson turns Nature into Supernature.

An Inklings Bibliography (45), 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.

Joint Artists' Project, Patrick Wynne, Paula Disante, Sarah Beach, Lynn Maudlin

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

Greenberg, Martin H., ed. After the King

Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

No abstract provided.

Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992, The Tolkien Society, The Mythopoeic Society

Mythcon Souvenirs

Welcome to the Long-expected Party! I can hardly believe that almost six years have passed since the meeting that began the planning of this great occasion. I do not think that any of us who gathered that day in the Turf Tavern after Oxonmoot 1986 foresaw how our originally quite modest plans would grow and develop, or how much work the organization of the Conference would involve. I would like to thank the 1992 Committee members, past and present, for all that they have done, especially those who have served in the last two years when increased work demanded so …

Exile And Mending, David Sparenberg

The Mythic Circle

Peace to you, Shulammite maiden! Waiting tears at the heart of hope.