Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

The Guide, Pat Reynolds

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Clement's Tale For Nika, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Bone Castle, Janet P. Reedman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Gipsy Davey, Charles De Lint

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Letters Of Comment, Gwenyth E. Hood, Jefferson P. Swycaffer, Mary Ann Hodge, Sarah Beach, Quintain Wormwood, Judith B. Jones, Janet P. Reedman, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Pat Reynolds, Adam Knecht, Frances Garland

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Mythic Circle #5, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Lonely Maiden, Janet P. Reedman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Trees Of Elfhame, Janet P. Reedman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Courtship And Consummation, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Twin, Kelly Scanlon

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Rowing In Circles Again, Jefferson P. Swycaffer

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Inside The Fairy Tale: Will He Or Won't He?, Gwenyth E. Hood

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Involvement, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

"There And Back Again" ~ Odysseus And Bilbo Baggins, Kenneth J. Reckford

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

Sees parallels between incidents in The Odyssey and The Hobbit. Bilbo and Odysseus also share similar development as heroes during their respective journeys.

The Silmarillion As Aristotelian Epic-Tragedy, David Greenman

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

Illustrates how the First Age narratives in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales implement key ideas from Aristotle’s Poetics. Identifies the history of the first age as Aristotelian epic-tragedy.

Phantastes As Metafiction: George Macdonald's Self-Reflexive Myth, John Pennington

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

Considers MacDonald a more modern and self-reflexive fantasist then previously recognized. Believes the use of “other myths and interpolated fictions” in Phantastes “anticipates modern metafictional techniques.”

Warfaring Christian, George Musacchio

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

Notes the significance of Ransom’s experience battling the Unman in Perelandra to his character development.

Priestess And Goddess: Evolution Of Human Consciousness In The Greater Trumps, Donna R. White

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

Extracts a definition of fantasy from Barfield’s theory of consciousness, and calls Williams a “master at [...] Barfieldian fantasy.” Analyzes The Greater Trumps as “the best exemplum” of this kind of fantasy, “that explores some aspect of human consciousness by reviving a mythic mode of thought.”

The Souls Of Animals: Evolution Of The Combative Ideal, Dee Anne Westbrook

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

Examines two stages in the life of the Northern European hero—initiation, and “end of his career, when he becomes victim.” Associates this with the mythology of animals and the hunter/warrior.

Quenti Lambardillion: Turkish Delight, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Addresses the wealth of material in The Lost Road and Other Writings, the fifth volume of The Histories of Middle-earth, and uses it to attempt a translation of the “1916 Quenya poem.”

Letters, Stephen Schaper, Diana Lynne Pavlac, Jorge Quinonez, Loretta Gallagher, Betty J. Irwin, Bob Acker, David Doughan

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

No abstract provided.

The Council Of Stewards, Mythlore Staff

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

No abstract provided.

On J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, David S. Berkeley

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

No abstract provided.

Wyrd And Will: Fate, Fatalism, And Free Will In The Northern Elegy And J.R.R. Tolkien, Steven Mark Deyo

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

Notes Tolkien’s admiration for the literature and myth of the pagan North. Discusses how the concepts of loyalty to lord, battle-ethic, wyrd and free will appear in Arda, but transmuted by Tolkien’s Christian viewpoint.

Editorial Philosophy, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Fantasy And The Tradition Of Christian Art, Gene Edward Veith

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

Argues that “Christianity [...] was instrumental in making fantasy literature conceptually possible” by undermining “the principle of art as mimesis”—through the Hebraic injunction against idols and the Christian view of pagan myths as untrue but acceptable as “aesthetically delightful.”

The Drums Of Doom: H.G. Wells' First Men In The Moon And The Lord Of The Rings, Robert Boenig

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

Suggests that certain scenes from Wells’s First Men in the Moon inspired the Khazad-dûm episode in Fellowship of the Ring.

Editorial Opening, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

The Anonymous Fairy Tale: Ruskin's King Of The Golden River, Marjorie J. Burns

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

Discusses Ruskin’s only fairy tale as a successful work, reflecting his interest in Northern landscapes. Notes female symbolism despite a lack of female characters. Recounts how Ruskin’s psychological problems made him ambivalent toward, and eventually mistrustful of, fantasy.

Reviews, Mythlore Staff

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

Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell. Mythology Limited. Reviewed by Norma Roche.

C.S. Lewis: His Literary Achievement. C.N. Manlove. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.