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Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics: The Languages Of Middle-Earth (Part Ii), Paul Nolan Hyde

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

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

A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other.

Part 1: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss1/6

The Figure Of Beatrice In The Works Of Charles Williams, Judith Kollmann

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

Keynote address, Mythcon 17. Notes the importance of the figure of Beatrice to Williams, and reviews his use of Beatrician figures in his novels and poems.

Herland And Out Of The Silent Planet: A Comparison Of A Feminist Utopia And A Male-Charactered Fantasy, Melanie Rawls

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

Compares both the structure and themes of Herland and Out of the Silent Planet and finds many similarities in the utopian cultures represented.

John Heath-Stubbs’ Artorius And The Influence Of Charles Williams (Part 1), Joe R. Christopher

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

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

Considers the influence of Williams on Heath-Stubbs’s Arthurian poem cycle. Part I looks at zodiacal imagery.

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss3/12

Part 3:

https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss4/24

Tolkien And Old Germanic Ethics, Robert Boenig

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

Claims the “idea that a warrior must die with his lord in battle is one of the most important moral injunctions among the various Germanic peoples.” Uses this theme to examine Tolkien’s work for his reworking of the Old Germanic ethic into a Christian perspective.

A Centennial Retrospective On Charles Williams, David Bratman, Judith Kollmann, Bernadette Bosky, David Samuelson, Richard L. Purtill, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Amy Falkowitz, Antoinette Brenion, Christopher Henrich, Alexei Kondratiev, Fred Williams, Paul Nolan Hyde, Gracia Fay Ellwood, Randolph Fritz, Thomas Clareson, Wendell Wagner, Joe Christopher, Edith Crowe

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

Edited transcript of a panel discussion (including audience contributions) at the 17th Mythopoeic Society Conference.

Gondolin, Minas Tirith And The Eucatastrophe, Lisa Anne Mende

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

Compares the tragic end of Gondolin with the eucatastrophic rescue of Minas Tirith. Similarly, other tales in The Silmarillion end tragically while parallel stories in Lord of the Rings have happier resolutions

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan

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

The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, The Ambarkanta and The Annals, together with the earliest 'Silmarillion' and the First Map. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The 1987 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar. Illustrated by Alan Lee, Roger Garland, Ted Nasmith and John Howe. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Dragons of Light. Ace Books. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

Dragons of Darkness. Ace Books. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

The Stars and the Stillness: A Portrait of George MacDonald. Kathy Triggs. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

An Interview With Jane Yolen

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

Discusses several of Yolen’s stories and her novel Cards of Grief: techniques, influences, experiences with critical reception, recurrent imagery.

Dante And Williams: Pilgrims In Purgatory, George Reynolds

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

Analyzes All Hallows’ Eve in terms of the symbolism and structure of Dante’s Il Purgatorio. Asserts the importance of the purgatorial aspect, which not all critics recognize.

"Some Kind Of Company": The Sacred Community In That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Detailed analysis of the good, or saved, characters in That Hideous Strength, the Company of St. Anne’s. Notes the significance and symbolism of each, and speculates briefly about their post-novel futures.

Who Is Tom Bombadil?, Gene Hargrove

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

Believes that Tolkien knew the nature of Tom Bombadil, but purposely left it enigmatic in The Lord of the Rings. Examines clues left for the reader and concludes that Tom Bombadil is a Vala, specifically Aulë, and Goldberry is therefore Yavanna.

The Epic Hero And Society: Cuchulainn, Beowulf, And Roland, Eleanor Farrell

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

Compares legends of Cuchulainn, Beowulf, and The Song of Roland to determine what the portrayal of their respective heroes tells us about the different values of their various cultures.

Mythopoesis, Sarah Beach

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

Discusses the hard-to-define quality of mythopoeic fantasy.

Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

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

A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other.

Part 2: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss2/5

The Feast Of Reason: Out Of The Silent Planet As The Book Of Hnau, Jeannette Hume Lutton

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

Discusses the concept of hnau as developed in Out of the Silent Planet. Identifies Platonic and medieval ideas of the Rational Soul (and its faculties of intellectus and ratio) as applied to Malacandra. Sees Out of the Silent Planet as expressive of the apprehension of spiritual truth through Reason; Revelation is saved for Perelandra.

Reviews, David Bratman, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Benjamin Urrutia

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

The Politics of Fantasy: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Lee D. Rossi. Reviewed by David Bratman.

Shadowlands: The Story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. Brian Sibley. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Silver Trumpet. Owen Barfield. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Grand Miracle and Other Essays on Theology and Ethics from God in the Dock. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

First and Second Things: Essays on Theology and Ethics. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Art of G.K. Chesterton. Alzina Stone Dale. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion. Stephan P. Clarke. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson. …

An Inklings Bibliography (30), Joe R. Christopher

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

Resuming after a hiatus, a series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

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Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien: Part Vi - Viii, George H. Thompson

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

THIS IS A SIX-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PARTS, FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW.

Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism. The three parts of the final article cover Tree and Leaf, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and The Road Goes Ever On and Poems and Songs of Middle-earth.

Thompson, George H. “Early Review of Books by J.R.R. Tolkien: Part 1.” Mythlore, vol. 11, no. 2, #40, 1984, pp. 56–60. https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol11/iss2/8/

Thompson, George H. “Early Review of …

Editor's Notes, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Subject Index To The Tolkien Journal, Trevor Reynolds

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

No abstract provided.

Missing Person, Verlyn Flieger

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

Notes that while Arda has parallels to many events of the Judeo-Christian story—God, angels, Satan—it lacks a complete parallel to Christ. It has a number of saviors (Gandalf, Aragorn) but no Redeemer, though Frodo comes closest.

The First Chronicle Of Narnia: The Restoring Of Names, Kathryn Lindskoog

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

Notes how the names of people and things in Narnia are well-chosen to establish character and setting succinctly. Examines names and symbols for their usefulness in communicating the moral significance of events in the Chronicles of Narnia.

Early Review Of Books By J.R.R. Tolkien: Part V, George H. Thompson

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

THIS IS A SIX-PART ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO READ OR DOWNLOAD THE OTHER PARTS, FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW.

Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien not represented in Judith A. Johnson’s Six Decades of Tolkien Criticism. Part V covers The Lord of the Rings, New Editions. The three parts of the final article cover Tree and Leaf, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and The Road Goes Ever On and Poems and Songs of Middle-earth.

Thompson, George H. “Early Review of Books by J.R.R. Tolkien: Part 1.” Mythlore, vol. 11, no. 2, …

A Feminist Perspective In Williams’ Novels, Amy Nyman

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

Looks at women in the novels of Charles Williams from the perspective of feminism, especially feminist theology. Finds a wide range of female characters at various stages of spiritual development, androgyny and inclusiveness in regard to God.

Mythopoesis: Specific Derivation, Sarah Beach

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

Illustrates the transformative use of source material in fantasy by contrasting Merry and Pippin’s oath-taking scenes and their sources in Beowulf and Finn and Hengest.

The Childlike In George Macdonald And C.S. Lewis, Don King

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

Asserts that Lewis and MacDonald wrote books not for children but for the childlike in all. Distinguishes between childish and childlike, using examples from the Chronicles of Narnia and MacDonald. Such characters provide links to the childlike within adult readers. Previously appeared as “George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and the Childlike.

A Conversation With Stephen R. Donaldson, Calvin Rich, Earl Ingersol

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

Interview with Donaldson in which he discusses background and technique of the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, as well as aspects of fantasy in general.

Leaf And Key, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Reviews various definitions of allegory and Tolkien’s writings on the subject to determine more precisely what type of allegory Tolkien disliked. Discusses “Leaf by Niggle,” which skirts closer to allegory than most of Tolkien’s works, but avoids becoming one.