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Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Williams, Tad. The Dragonbone Chair.

The Literary Detective Computer Analysis Of Stylistic Differences Between "The Dark Tower" And C.S. Lewis' Deep Space Trilogy, Carla Faust Jones

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

Uses a computer program, The Literary Detective, to analyze text from “The Dark Tower” and all three books of the Space Trilogy. Concludes “The Dark Tower” represents a different style from the other books.

Influences In The Life Of Lynn Hall That Are Revealed In Her Books: A Content Analysis, Marlys A. Pearce

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to use content analysis to answer the question: Can the early experiences in the life of Lynn Hall be identified as influences that are revealed in her books? These influences were identified by Hall in her autobiographical sketches.

Thirty fiction books were selected by a stratified random sampling technique from a list of titles arranged by publication date, then in alphabetical order by title. After each book was read, the influences and comments were recorded on a checklist and tabulated to test the seven hypotheses. The findings revealed the majority of the main characters …

An Annotated Bibliography Of South African Literature In English By Black Authors From 1976-1986, Khosi Moloi

Graduate Research Papers

This research project provides an annotated list of books suitable for primary and secondary schools. Selection for the list was determined by the following criteria: a) books written by the black South African authors living in the country or in exile, b) material includes novels and collection of short stories, c) all material is written in English and, d) copyright date of 1976-1986. The annotated bibliography consists of sixteen titles. Enties are arranged alphabetically by the names of the authors. Information given for each entry includes, author, title, city, publisher, page numbers, ISBN, series, and annotation, which ranges from 150-350 …

The Portrayal Of Child Abuse In Children’S Literature, Stephanie P. Marsland

Graduate Research Papers

This research study was conducted to determine how child abuse was portrayed in fiction literature for children in Kindergarten through 6th grade. Sixteen novels published in or after 1978 were analyzed. All of the titles were located through the use of selective bibliographies and were positively reviewed in Booklist or School Library Journal. The novels focused on the victims of child abuse who were at least one of the main characters and who spent at least part of the book in the abusive environment.

Psychological, physical, and sexual abuse and neglect were all evident in the children's novels, with psychological …

The Beginning And History Of The Child Study Children's Book Committee, Josette Frank

The Center for Children's Literature

History of the Children's Book Committee going back to its start from the Child Study Association of America in 1912 to its affiliation with Bank Street College in 1977. Exact publication date unknown, between 1985 and 1989.

Mother Goose: Survives And Thrives In The ‘80s, Anita Van Lancker

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to show that Mother Goose endures. The researcher expected that by looking at the more recent versions, one could see how these versions differed from the original in language and illustration. Content analysis was conducted to determine the extent of change in the language and illustrations of six selected Mother Goose nursery rhymes from thirteen copyrighted original collections from 1968-1988. Rhymes were compared with original rhymes as represented in The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes to determine the degree of change in both the language and the illustrations. A data gathering instrument was used …

Tolkien And Christian Concepts Of Evil: Apocalypse And Privation, John L. Treloar S.J.

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

Argues that Tolkien’s conception of evil in Arda comes from two Christian sources: its personification (as in Revelation), and medieval concepts (primarily from Augustine through Aquinas) of evil as privation or corruption of initial good.

Letters, Thomas M. Egan, Guthrie E. Janssen, Pauline Baynes

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

No abstract provided.

Reclaiming The Modern World For The Imagination: Guest Of Honor Speech At The 19th Annual Mythopoeic Conference, Brian Attebery

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

Guest of Honor speech, Mythcon 19. Defines indigenous fantasy—fantasy in a contemporary, “real-world” setting—and illustrates its techniques as demonstrated in Wizard of the Pigeons and Little, Big.

Legends For A New Land: Guest Of Honor Speech At The 19th Annual Mythopoeic Conference, Urusula K. Le Guin

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

Guest of Honor speech, Mythcon 19. An account of how Le Guin was finally able to write Always Coming Home, using not an imaginary world but the transfigured Napa Valley of her childhood. Acknowledges her debt to Native American worldview known through its myths.

Husbands And Gods As Shadowbrutes: Beauty And The Beast From Apuleius To C.S. Lewis, Gwenyth Hood

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

Discusses the Beauty and the Beast theme from Apuleius’s tale of Amor and Psyche through versions from Africa, India, North America, and Europe. Analyzes Lewis’s handling of the theme in Till We Have Faces.

Editorial Opening, Glen Goodknight, Sarah Beach

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

No abstract provided.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

Clough, B.W. The Name of the Sun. Lee, Tanith. The White Serpent.

An Inklings' Bibliography (33), 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.

Roger Lancelyn Green: A Personal Memoir, Jessica Yates

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

Personal reminiscences of the author’s interactions with Roger Lancelyn Green

Quenti Lambardillion, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Jack: C.S. Lewis and His Times. George Sayer. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide. Malcom South, ed. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

"The Hobbit As A Part Of The Red Book Of Westmarch", Kristin Thompson

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

Sees the conception of the hobbits and The Red Book of Westmarch as crucial in allowing Tolkien to “contain his inventive process” and prevent infinite proliferation of unfinished material.

J.R.R. Tolkien: Narnian Exile - Part Ii, Joe R. Christopher

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.

Analyzes a number of explanations proposed by biographers and others for Tolkien’s antipathy to Lewis’s Narnia stories.

Part 1:

https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol15/iss1/7

The Rhetorical Similarities Of C.S. Lewis And Bertrand Russell, Don King

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

Analyzes the writings of the philosophically opposed Lewis and Russell to show how their similar use of rhetorical devices gives their popular writings a similarity of tone.

Letters, Wade Tarzia, Jan Noble, David Doughan, Benjamin Urrutia, Tom Loback

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

No abstract provided.

Sonnet Xxxvii, Donald T. Williams

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

No abstract provided.

Editorial Opening, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

The Sense Of Time In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, Kevin Aldrich

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

Discusses the importance of time, death, and/or immortality for various races of Middle-earth.

C.S. Lewis And The Lion: Primitivism And Archetype In The Chronicles Of Narnia, Sue Matheson

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

A reading of the Narnian chronicles as fantasy, not Christian allegory, and notes “the tension between allegory and symbol” in the Chronicles. Sees the character of Aslan, and his use of magic, as the “primordial image” which gives the fantasy its power.

Going North And West To Watch The Dragons Dance: Norse And Celtic Elements In Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy, Christine K. Thompson

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

Sees the world-view of Earthsea, as well as much of the symbolism, characteristic of pre-Christian Nordic and Celtic thought. Focus on present life rather than future is a significant theme.

A Philologist At The North Pole: J.R.R. Tolkien And The Father Christmas Letters, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Analyzes some elements of The Father Christmas Letters to show the degree of perfectionism and philological logic that were used to create verisimilitude, even for such lesser elements of Tolkien’s oeuvre.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Narnian Exile, Joe Christopher

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.

Analyzes a number of explanations proposed by biographers and others for Tolkien’s antipathy to Lewis’s Narnia stories.

Part 2: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol15/iss2/3

Lord Dunsany: The Potency Of Words And The Wonder Of Things, Angelee Sailer Anderson

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

Analyzes Dunsany’s technique, particularly his prose style and use of archaic language, to demonstrate how his fantasies evoke the “sense of wonder.”