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"All Nerves And Nose": Lord Peter Wimsey As Wounded Healer In The Novels Of Dorothy L. Sayers, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

Finds parallels in the life of Lord Peter Wimsey (as delineated in Sayers’s novels) to the shamanistic journey. In particular, Lord Peter’s war experiences have made him a type of Wounded Healer.

Echoes In Age From The World Of J.R.R. Tolkien, E. L. Edmunds

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

An author who encountered Tolkien at Oxford recounts a series of personal and literary responses after long familiarity with Tolkien’s work.

Peter Pan: The Lost Last Act, Michael A. Foster

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

Describes a little-known alternative ending to Peter Pan, found only in the manuscript of the first draft in Indiana University’s Lilly Library.

An Inklings' Bibliography (32), 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.

J.R.R. Tolkien's Calendars, Or The Saga Of Hador The Incompetent, Darrell A. Martin

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

Finds inconsistencies in The Lord of the Rings appendix relating Middle-earth’s calendars to the Gregorian.

Rites Of Passage: The Chronicles Of Narnia & The Seven Sacraments, Jim Pietrusz

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

Sees each of the Narnia chronicles except The Last Battle associated with one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic and Anglican traditions.

Quenti Lambardillion: The Laborer-Asthete: Tengwar On The Title Page, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Considers the Runic and Tengwar letters on the title pages of The Lord of the Rings as compared to The Silmarillion and other subsequent titles edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Donaldson, Stephen R. Mordant’s Need. Tepper, Sheri S. The Awakeners.

Letters, Joan Marie Verba, Lynn Maudlin, Christopher Gilson, Pat Reynolds, Darrell A. Martin, Helena Sanders

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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

A Cry Like a Bell. Madeleine L'Engle. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis: The Man and His God. Richard Harries. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christian. Kathryn Lindskoog. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Screwtape Letters. C.S. Lewis. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Lonely Maiden, Janet P. Reedman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Courtship And Consummation, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Clement's Tale For Nika, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Trees Of Elfhame, Janet P. Reedman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Twin, Kelly Scanlon

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.

The Guide, Pat Reynolds

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.

The Bone Castle, Janet P. Reedman

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Rowing In Circles Again, Jefferson P. Swycaffer

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Gipsy Davey, Charles De Lint

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Mythic Circle #5, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

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 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.

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 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.

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.”

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.”