Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

Poetry As Metaphor InThe Lord Of The Rings, William Reynolds

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

Close examination of the three versions of the Walking Song in The Lord of the Rings that shows how it captures the themes of the book in miniature. The metaphors “encapsulate the same view of history and man’s role in it that he conveys through the larger metaphor of the trilogy itself.”

The Iconography Of Love I And Ii, Robert S. Ellwood Jr.

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

No abstract provided.

Who's Lleu?, Ruth Berman

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

Brief discussion of relationships between Garner’s The Owl Service and its source myth in the Mabinogion. Considers how successful Garner has been in his use of the myth.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, George Colvin

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

C.S. Lewis, the Shape of His Faith and Thought. Paul L. Holmer. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Napoleon of Notting Hill. G.K. Chesterton. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Letters, Glen Goodknight, Robert Foster, Robert A. Gilbert, Mary Nessen, Colin Mathers, John H. Chalmers Jr., Alexei Kondratiev, Dale W. Simpson, Branton G. Lachman, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Edgar L. Chapman, Terri Williams, Anders Stenstrom, Mary M. Stolzenbach, Dirk W. Mosig, F. W. Edwards, Margaret R. Purdy, Paul H. Kocher, Ellie Farrell, Lee Burwasser

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

No abstract provided.

An Inklings Bibliography (5), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.

Lament For Denethor, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

The Pilgrimage From Deep Space, Judith Brown

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

Traces the development and spiritual maturation of Ransom throughout the Space Trilogy

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Some Photographs And Comments, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Editorial Note, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

The Tale Of The Noldor, Paul Kocher

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

Reviews the history of the Noldor, elves of the First Age, and their continuing influence in the affairs of the Third Age. A retelling rather than a scholarly analysis, based on sources published before the availability of The Silmarillion.

Guinevere's Role In The Arthurian Poetry Of Charles Williams, Veronica L. Skinner

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

A study of Guinevere’s meaning and function in Williams’ Arthurian poems

Reviews, Bruce Mcmenomy, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Joe R. Christopher

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

J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth. Daniel Grotta-Kurska. Reviewed by Bruce McMenomy.

The Fantastic in Literature. Eric S. Rabkin. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Father Christmas Letters. J.R.R. Tolkien, ed. Baillie Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Feng: A Poem. John Wain. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Wild Angels. Ursula Le Guin. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space. Harry Martinson. Translated by Hugh MacDiarmid and Elspeth Harley Schubert. Introduction by Tord Hall. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Letters, Margaret Purdy, James Spreckels, Alexei Kondratiev, Robert E. Boenig, Roderick Mcgillis, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Michael Chapman, Gerald M. Price, Kathryn Lindskoog, John L. Leland, Clay Booker, Michael Mckenny, Eugene Mcgovern, Margaret Hannay, William G. Kelly

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

No abstract provided.

Till We Have Faces And Its Mythological And Literary Precursors, Andrew Howard

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

Compares Till We Have Faces with its “chief source,” the tale of Cupid and Psyche in Apuleius. Briefly compares it with other works of Lewis as well.

An Inklings Bibliography (4), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings

Letters, L. Sprague De Camp, Melissa Halpern, Jessica Kemball-Cook, Alan Cohen, L. D. Fleckenstein Jr., Jeremy Anderson, Michael D. Wiele, Joel Griffith, Eileen F. Doser, Steven Chan, Thomas P. Allhoff, Owen Barfield, Kevin Keach

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

No abstract provided.

A Reading Of Williams' Arthurian Cycle, Stephen A. Gottlieb

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

Detailed analysis of the symbolism and character of Williams’s Arthurian poems, which are “about the unities and disunities in human history that flow around the themes of order versus disorder and identity versus false identity or lack of identity.”

Comments On Some Photographs, Glen H. Goodknight

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

Photos by Bg Callahan

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Joe R. Christopher, Martha Krieg, Laurence Krieg, George Colvin

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

1977 Tolkien Calendar. Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Lord of the Rings 1977 Calendar. Illustrations by J. R. R. Tolkien, notes by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture. John G. Caweiti. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection. Chris Steinbrunner and Otto Penzler (eds.). Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

The Father Christmas Letters. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Reviewed by Martha and Laurence Krieg.

The Middle-earth Song- book. Ruth Berman and Ken Nahigian (eds.). Reviewed by George Colvin.

From Elfland to Poughkeepsie. Ursula …

Narnia And The North: The Symbolism Of Northernness In The Fantasies Of C.S. Lewis, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Reacting to a description of Narnia as analogous to Southern France, argues that “for Lewis, the way to God lay through the North,” and Narnia is a Northern landscape. Discusses at length the symbolism of North and South in various mythologies, and touches on the significance of Northernness in Tolkien and Williams as well.

The Ring At The Centre: Ēaca In The Lord Of The Rings, William H. Green

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

Examines instances of ēacen, or supernatural enlargement beyond normal power, in The Lord of the Rings, showing the influence of Tolkien’s familiarity with and preferred translation of the term from Beowulf.

An Inklings Bibliography (3), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.

Editorial, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Sauron Is Watching You: The Role Of The Great Eye In The Lord Of The Rings, Edward Lense

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

Finds a source for the Eye of Sauron, and other representations of baleful eyes in Tolkien’s work (“one of the most pervasive and compelling patterns of imagery”), in the Celtic mythological figure Balor of the Evil Eye.

Some Reflections On The Great Divorce Of C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield

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

Praises The Great Divorce because in it the two sides of the author—“the atomically rational Lewis and mythopoeic Lewis—I will not say united, but they do at least join hands.” Cogent argument is combined with “vividly imagined” narrative and descriptive imagery.

"Surprised By Joy": C.S. Lewis' Changing Attitudes Toward Women, Margaret Hannay

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

Presents “those chauvinistic elements which have irritated so many women” who encounter Lewis’s work, and argues that Lewis’s attitude toward women altered in his life and his work as he matured. See also a letter and response in Mythlore #15, p. 27–28, 30.

An Inklings Bibliography (2), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, George Colvin, Joe R. Christopher

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

Tolkien and the Silmarillion. Clyde S. Kilby. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Compleat Enchanter. L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Gerfalcon. Leslie Barringer. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Golden Wings and Other Stories. William Morris. Reviewed by George Colvin.

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941): An Introduction to Her Life and Writings. Christopher J. R. Armstrong. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

The Secret Rituals of the Golden Dawn. R. G. Torrens. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

The Golden Dawn: The Inner Teachings. R. G. Torrens. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.