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Matters Of Grave Import: A Column, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

No abstract provided.

Letters, John Schwindt, Patrick Wynne

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

No abstract provided.

An Inklings' Bibliography (22), 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.

A Jungian Reading Of The Kalevala 500–1300?: Finnish Shamanism—The Patriarchal Senex Figure. [Part 4: Conclusion], Bettina Knapp

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

THIS IS A FOUR-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PARTS, FOLLOW THE LINKS AT THE END OF THIS ABSTRACT.

Jungian interpretation of the Kalevala, focusing on the character of Väinämöinen and his role as Shaman. The conclusion is a Jungian analysis of Väinämöinen’s “night-sea journey” to the Abode of the Dead; his journey within the body of the giant Antero Vipunen; and his fashioning of an “instrument of eternal joy,” the kantele.

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss3/10/

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss4/14

Part 3:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol9/iss1/11

Editorial, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Some Readers' Thoughts, Lloyd Alexander, Dainis Bisenieks, Robert Boeing, Frederick Brenion, Joe R. Christopher, Paul F. Ford, Paul Nolan Hyde, Paul H. Kocher, Alexei Kondratiev, Nancy Martsch, Margaret R. Purdy, Laura Ruskin, Mark Samuels, Joseph Simmons, Benjamin Urrutia, Steven C. Walker

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

No abstract provided.

Dyad For Finrod, Margaret R. Purdy

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

No abstract provided.

The Ainulindale: Music Of Creation, Howard Davis

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

Discusses the creation story in the Silmarillion with a special focus on the power of song in Arda.

The Celeblain Of Celeborn And Galadriel, Janice Johnson

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

Reviews the history of Galadriel and Celeborn as revealed in unpublished materials as well as The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s Letters, and Unfinished Tales, and examines variations and inconsistencies.

Tolkien In Translation, Glen H. Goodknight

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

Lists known translations of Tolkien’s works into twenty-five other languages, from Afrikaans to Swedish, with date of publication and other bibliographic information.

Some Notes To The Letters Of J.R.R. Tolkien, Benjamin Urrutia

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

Some proposed additional notes to the first edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. One concerns American Indian archaeology and another, biblical references to centers of worship.

Letters, Jessica Yates, Colleen D. W. White, J. Kriss White

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

No abstract provided.

Cavalier Treatment: Tolkien The Liberator, Lee Speth

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

A general appreciation of The Lord of the Rings and its success.

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, E. Palmer Patterson Ii, Nichols Grimes

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

The Old English Exodus. Text, translation, and commentary by J.R.R; Tolkien. Edited by Joan Turville-Petre. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

J.R.R. Tolkien. Katharyn F. Crabbe. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

England and Always: Tolkien's World of the Rings. Jared Lobdell. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Tolkien Quiz Book. Nigel Robinson and Linda Wilson. Reviewed by E. Palmer Patterson II.

Excalibur, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Clash of the Titans, and Dragonslayer. Reviewed by Nicholas Grimes

An Inkling's Bibliography (21), 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.

The Attic Of Faerie, Elizabeth M. Pope

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

Guest of Honor speech, Mythcon 12. Discusses relationship of fairy tales to older myths, and warns against oversimplification when fairy tales are concerned. Many variations exist of the same tale, and generalizations are unwise.

Looking Ahead, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

A Jungian Reading Of The Kalevala 500–1300?: Finnish Shamanism—The Patriarchal Senex Figure [Part 3: The Anima Archetype], Bettina Knapp

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

THIS IS A FOUR-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PARTS, FOLLOW THE LINKS AT THE END OF THIS ABSTRACT.

Jungian interpretation of the Kalevala, focusing on the character of Väinämöinen and his role as Shaman. The third part discusses Väinämöinen’s “second encounter with the anima figure in the being of Louki’s daughter.”

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss3/10/

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss4/14

Part 4:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol9/iss2/11

Subject Index To Mythlore, Issues 1-30, David Bratman

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

Continued by

Bratman, David. “Subject Index to Mythlore, Issues 31–39.” Mythlore, vol. 11, no. 2, #40, 1984, pp. 61–63. https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol11/iss2/9

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Jessica Yates

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

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Humphrey Carpenter, assisted by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson

The Visionary Christian. C.S. Lewis. Ed. by Chad Walsh. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Excalibur. Produced and directed by John Boorman, made by Orion Pictures in Ireland, screenplay by Rospo Pallenberg and John Boorman, adapted by Pallenberg from Malory's Morte DArthur. Reviewed by Jessica Yates.

"All Shall Love Me And Despair": The Figure Of Lilith In Tolkien, Lewis, Williams And Sayers, Meredith Price

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

Examines Lilith-figures in Tolkien, Lewis, Williams, and Sayers, discussing how each demonstrates certain attributes of the archetypal temptress character.

Symbols Of Immortality: A Comparison Of European And Elvish Heraldry, Margaret R. Purdy

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

Reviews basics of European heraldry and attempts to deduce the rules of Tolkien’s elvish heraldry. Finds that elvish heraldry seems to have rules (although less stringently applied) but considerably more artistic complexity.

An Inklings Bibliography (20), 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.

C.S. Lewis Dances Among The Elves: A Dull And Scholarly Survey Of Spirits In Bondage And ‘The Queen Of Drum.’, Joe R. Christopher

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

Scholarly Guest of Honor address, Mythcon 12. Discusses references to elves and fairies in the poetry of Lewis. Faerie provides a romantic streak in nature, and/or psychological symbols of escape, in the early poems. Faerie and Christianity vie in “The Queen of Drum,” and Faerie is virtually absent from his later poems.

Letters, Humphrey Carpenter, L. Sprague De Camp, Sarah Beach, John D. Ratcliff, Ruth Berman, Dolores Espinosa, Alexei Kondratiev, Margaret R. Purdy, Jerry L. Daniel

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

No abstract provided.

Meditation I, Mark Allaby

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

No abstract provided.

Et Cetera, Marshall University

Et Cetera

Founded in 1953, Et Cetera is an annual literary magazine that publishes the creative writing and artwork of Marshall University students and affiliates. Et Cetera is free to the Marshall University community.

Et Cetera welcomes submissions in literary and film criticism, poetry, short stories, drama, all types of creative non-fiction, photography, and art.

The Concept Of Evil In Children's Literature, Nadia Kholy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Stereotypes Of The Native American In Fiction Books In Elementary School Libraries, Karma Anderson

Graduate Research Papers

This study proposed to investigate the kinds of Native American materials which were found in elementary school library media centers in Iowa Education Agency Seven (AEA 7). A questionnaire was prepared with seventeen recommended titles and fifteen presently criticized titles on which media specialists in AEA 7 were to indicate availability in their media centers. The hypothesis to be tested was: Given a list of books containing both reconnnended and presently criticized titles, 75 percent of school library specialists in AEA 7 will indicate that there are more recommended titles than presently criticized titles on Native Americans in their fiction …

Esmerelda Griselda And The Captive Rocks, Janis Lea Strohbehn

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this research project was to write a fantasy story for children and illustrate the story using origami figures, The book attempted to provide children aged six to eight years old with good literature which they could experience both visually and tactually. It also tried to provide an interesting, entertaining and learning experience, for children, through literature. Through the illustrations, children would be exposed to and become acquainted with the art of origami. This research project was accomplished through writing a story of literary worth, creating illustrations which assisted in relating the story, and designing a book format …