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Female Fantasists: Re-Visioning The Archetypal Warrior, Tammy M. Bear-Tibbs

Masters Theses

This thesis discusses female archetypal warriors in several fantasy novels written for children and adolescents. The novels examined include A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle; The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Dragonflight, Dragonguest, The White Dragon, Dragonsong, and Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey; and The Tombs of Atuan and Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin. The thesis argues that, by expanding gender roles and portraying their female characters as strong archetypal warriors, these authors force a rethinking of existing archetypal criticism. Using …

The Portrayal Of Characters With Physical Disabilities In Children’S Literature, Marilyn Newhouse

Graduate Research Papers

This research study used a content analysis technique to analyze 25 fiction books which featured a character having a physical disability. All books were published between 1980-1990 and were at a fourth through sixth grade reading level. A comparison was made to determine if the portrayal of physically disabled characters has changed from their portrayal in books written prior to 1980.

In the books chosen for this study the physically disabled characters were typically juvenile, Caucasian, and male. Orthopedic disorders were most frequently portrayed. The majority of the physically disabled characters were portrayed in important family and societal roles, and …

Letters, Jan Long, Canon Norman Power, Dainis Biseneks

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

No abstract provided.

"Feanor Fronts Fingolfin": Artistic Visions Of Four Artists, Patrick Wynne, Tom Loback, Paula Disante, Sarah Beach

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

No abstract provided.

Sauron Gets Drafted (And Other Thoughts On The Battle Of Creativity): 21st Mythopoeic Conference Guest Of Honor Address, Patrick Wynne

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

Guest of Honor address, Mythcon 21. Gives insight into both the necessary research and creative process necessary to illustrate mythopoeic themes. Analyzes four drafts of “The Forging of the One Ring.” Illustrations.

Lewis And Barfield On Imagination, Stephen Thorson

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.

Contrasts Lewis’s and Barfield’s views on imagination, and its relationship to truth and knowledge.

Part 2: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol17/iss3/3

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien: A Personal Memoir, R. E. Havard

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

Personal reminiscences, including how Tolkien asked Havard to become his personal physician and how Lewis usurped a party at Tolkien’s house.

Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Reviews the history of Tolkien language studies in The Tolkien Journal and Mythlore.

Commedia As Fairy-Story: Eucatastrophe In The Loss Of Virgil, John William Houghton

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

Analyzes Dante in terms of Tolkien’s theory of the Fairy-story. Sees the loss of Virgil and recovery of Beatrice as a significant eucatastrophe.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Kay, Guy Gavriel. Tigana.

In This Issue, Glen H. Goodknight

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

This issue begins with the cover, two interior full page illustrations, and back cover featuring art by Patrick Wynne, Tom Loback, Paula DiSante, and Sarah Beach — listed in the order their art is presented — in a special art project they planned together at the last Mythopoeic Conference, when all of them were together. This is one of the multifaceted benefits of the opportunity of Society members have in gathering together for the annual Conference. It was at this year's Conference that Mr. Wynne gave the Guest of Honor address with slides that is printed with illustrations in this …

The Imposition Of Structure: Archetypes In The Fafhrd And Mouser Series, Bruce Byfield

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

Analyzes the development of stories in Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series, under the influence of Jung’s and Campbell’s theories of archetypes, anima, and monomyth. Notes a maturation of he characters and more significant women characters.

Reviews, Glen H. Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Bruce Leonard

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

The War of the Ring. J.R.R Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

Bilbo's Last Song. J.R.R Tolkien, Illust. by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis. Owen Barfield. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

A Christian for All Christians: Essays in Honour of C.S. Lewis. Andrew Walker and James Patrick, Ed.. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien, Illus. by David Wenzel, Adapted by Charles Dixon and Sean Deming. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Mind of the Maker. Dorothy L. Sayers. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Pattern in the Web: The Mythical Poetry of Charles Williams. Roma A. …

Essë And Narn: Name, Identity, And Narrative In The Tale Of Túrin Turambar, Elizabeth Broadwell

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

Examines the importance and significance of character names in Tolkien’s First Age narratives, especially those of Túrin Turambar. Names are “capsule narratives” of character and background. Names also demonstrate social connections, and have a magical component.

An Inklings Bibliography (41), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

The Mines Of Mendip And Of Moria, J. S. Ryan

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

Considers J.W. Gough’s book on the Mendip Hills mines (beginning in the Roman period) as a source for Tolkien’s depiction of Moria. Compares passages in Gould to descriptions of Moria, and suggests the Cornish miners as “loose historical equivalents” of Tolkien’s dwarves. Maps.

What I Did For Love, Diana Paxson

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

Guest of Honor speech Mythcon 21. Follows the conference theme, “Aspects of Love in Fantasy,” and discusses various kinds of love and their appearance in fantasy. Concludes those “which appear most strongly in modern mythopoeic fantasy” are comradeship/ caritas, love of place, and “the attraction towards the numinous, or Divine.”

Dorothy's Timeless Quest, Richard Tuerk

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

Analyzes Dorothy’s initial adventure to Oz and back in terms of Campbell’s monomyth. The boon that she receives in Oz, and brings back to Kansas, is a more developed self with the ability—learned in Oz—to love selflessly.

A Literary Newton: A Suggestion For A Critical Appraisal Of Fritz Leiber, Bruce Byfield

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

Deplores the dearth of serious critical attention to the writings of Leiber and speculates about the reasons for this. Gives an overview of his career that suggests avenues for future critical analysis.

Emotion With Dignity: J.R.R Tolkien And Love, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Uses Tolkien’s letter (#43) of 1941 to his son Michael as a springboard for discussing the alternatives Tolkien presents there—renunciation, physical gratification, friendship, and love. Gives examples of each in Tolkien’s works.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

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.

Joy And Memory: Wordsworth As Illuminated By C.S. Lewis, Margaret Carter

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

Relates Lewis’s concept of “Joy” to the poetry of Wordsworth, particularly the poet’s concept of “Imagination.” While Lewis connected Joy with Christianity, Wordsworth tried to locate it “in the natural phenomena that are only its vehicles.”

Immortal Horrors And Everlasting Splendours: C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters And The Great Divorce, Douglas Loney

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

Sees Screwtape and The Great Divorce as constituting “something like a sub-genre within the Lewis canon.” Both have explicit religious intention, were written during WWII, and use a “rather informal, episodic structure.” Analyzes the different perspectives of each work, and their treatment of the themes of Body and Spirit, Time and Eternity, and Love.

An Inklings Bibliography (40), Joe R. Christopher, Wayne G. Hammond, Pat Allen Hargis

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

For entries 34–41 in this series, Hammond reviews Tolkien titles, Christopher reviews the Lewis material, and Hargis reviews Williams and the other Inklings.

The White Raven: A Personal Response, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Gives a personal response to those elements of Paxson’s The White Raven “that touched [him] most deeply.” Discusses Branwen’s character at length, and that of Ogrin.

Just Among Friends, Glen H. Goodknight

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

Opening address at Mythcon 21, expanded. Uses Lewis’s The Four Loves to open a discussion of friendship within the society, reminding members of the dangers Lewis pointed out, chiefly that of friends “looking at each other”–that is, focusing on “mutual self-approval” to the exclusion of remembering to look “in the direction of our shared interest.”

Reviews, Paula Disante, Nancy-Lou Patterson, David Bratman, James E. Pearson Jr.

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

The 1991 J.R.R Tolkien Calendar. Illus. by John Howe. Reviewed by Paula DiSante.

The Land of Narnia. Brian Sibley, Illus. by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Tale of the Rings of Power. Thomas Peterson. Reviewed by David Bratman.

The Cosmic Trilogy. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers' Encounter with Dante. Barbara Reynolds. Reviewed by James E. Pearson Jr. .

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper

The Mythic Circle

Welcome to The Mythic Circle #10. We have a first in this issue: a pair of stories written by father and son. Dan Ryan, a Phoenix, Arizona, high school student, has written a re-telling of the Romeo & Juliet story entitled “The Chain." His father, Charles W. Ryan, provides us with a short story called “Janus Winked." You’ll also notice we’re running a lot of poetry in this issue, including a series of poems by Jill Solnicki that examine fairy tale heroines from an unusual angle.

The Chain, Dan E. Ryan

The Mythic Circle

Ramón Montaña saw her at the Spring Dance and made his way across the crowded dance floor as the room reverberated with the tape-recorded rhythms of U2.