Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan, David Bratman

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

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by the author, Foreword by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis. Joe R. Christopher. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Daughter of Regals & Other Tales. Stephen R. Donaldson. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

Elfquest — The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Volume One. Edited by Richard Pini, Robert Asprin, and Lynn Abby. Reviewed by David Bratman.

Shadowlands. Film produced by the BBC and the Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation. Directed by Norman Stone; written by William Nicholson. Reviewed by David Bratman.

Charles Williams. Kathleen Spencer. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Around the Year …

Editor's Opening - Two Decades: Looking Back, Glen Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Rites Of Passage In The Hobbit, J. R. Wytenbroek

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

Analyzes the initiation phase of Campbell’s journey of the hero as represented by Bilbo’s journey through the Misty Mountains, interlude with the goblins, and battle with the spiders of Mirkwood.

That "Hideous Strength" In Lewis And Orwell: A Comparison And Contrast, Peter J. Schakel

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

Although both Orwell and Lewis warned against the evils of totalitarianism in their novels, they did it from different theological and political perspectives. Both mythopoeic works recognize the danger in attempts to destroy myth.

Letters, L. Sprague De Camp, Jan Noble, Alexei Kondratiev, Melanie A. Rawls, Sandra Miesal, Lawrence W. Cobb, Patrick Wynne

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

No abstract provided.

Elwin Ransom: The Pilgrimage Begins, George Musacchio

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

Examines the changes Elwin Ransom undergoes in the course of Out of the Silent Planet: his development emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually.

An Allegory Unveiled: A Reading Of The Lord Of The Rings, Kath Filmer

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

Sees The Lord of the Rings as an allegory—not of a particular situation, but of “the universal human condition as seen from a Christian (Roman Catholic) point of view.”

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

"Gandalf, Please, Should Not 'Sputter'", Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Asks “to what degree does Tolkien consistently use introductory verbs and modifiers to develop his characters?” Discovered Tolkien was quite consistent in use of both semantically significant (“marked”) and “unmarked” verbs and modifiers to delineate character.

Editorial, Glen Gookknight

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

No abstract provided.

Bushes And Briars: Women In Fantasy, Charles De Lint

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

Guest of Honor speech. Notes the changes brought to recent fantasy by the increasing number of women writers, particularly more focus on characterization.

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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

No abstract provided.

Fergus O'Connor And The Mermaid, Joe R. Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

The Dream System In The Lord Of The Rings, Sean Lindsay

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

Explores use of dreams in The Lord of the Rings for various purposes, especially as foreshadowing or reconstruction of events. Includes a lengthy appendix of occurrences of or reference to dreams or dreamlike conditions.

The Man Who Loved Women: Aspects Of The Feminine In Eddison’S Zimiamvia, Verlyn Flieger

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

Discusses the strong female characters in Eddison’s novels as personifications of the Jungian anima, and carriers of the themes of the works. Previously appeared in Mythcon XVI, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 1985. Ed. Diana Pavlac. Altadena: Mythopoeic Society: 1985. 85–94.

Letters, Paula Disante, Ted Nasmith, Patrick Wynne, Taum Santoski, Sarah Beach, Ruth Berman, Benjamin Urrutia

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

No abstract provided.

Girls In Narnia: Hindered Or Human?, Karla Faust Jones

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

Asks if five heroines in the Chronicles of Narnia: remain “characters worthy of imitation” by girls or are “rendered obsolete and impotent by cultural stereotyping.” Despite occasional sexist references, the female characters are not stereotyped.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Paula Disanti, Wayne G. Hammond, Christine Lowentrout

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. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. 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 Paula DiSanti.

Present Concerns. C.S. Lewis. Ed. by Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life. William Griffin. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Many Waters. Madeleine L'Engle. Reviewed by Wayne G. Hammond.

Apple, Staff, and Silver Crown. Nancy-Lou Patterson. Reviewed by Sarah Beach.

Epic Fantasy in the Modern World: A Few Observations. Stephen R. Donaldson. Reviewed by Wayne …

What Lewis Really Did To The Time Machine And The First Men In The Moon, Doris T. Myers

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

Contends that Out of the Silent Planet is a retelling of First Men in the Moon and Perelandra of The Time Machine, in which Lewis substitutes the triumphant values of “Old Western Man” for Wells’s science/technology and socialism.

Early Articles, Comments, Etcetera About J.R.R. Tolkien, George H. Thompson

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

Briefly annotated checklist of minor early secondary materials on Tolkien 1947–1971.

John Heath-Stubbs’ Artorius And The Influence Of Charles Williams. (Part Ii), 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 II examines particularly the symbolism of the Muses in Artorius.

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss2/15

Part 3:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss4/24

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.

Three Blessings, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Mourning Light, David Gaston

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Woodsman, Pendred Noyce

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Poem, Jomil Mulvey

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Princess In The Teflon Slipper, Stefan Bilandic

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Sonnet In Defense Of Thersites, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

In Pursuit Of Precious Things, C. A. Lavinger

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Witch And The Lily, Anna Maxie

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.