Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

Marital Problem, William Bunce

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Cosmic Burial, C. A. Pickett

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

The Girl Who Wanted To Be A Princess, Linda Woeltjen

The Mythic Circle

No abstract provided.

Nm, Ursula K. Le Guin

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

No abstract provided.

Where Words Fall Short: Limitations Of Language In All Hallows' Eve, Edward Croft

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

Notes the difficulty of conveying “the essence of Evil” in fiction due to the limitations of language. Examines how Williams dealt with the problem in All Hallows’ Eve.

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.

On The Nature Of Evil: The Cosmic Myths Of Lewis, Tolkien And Williams, Vernon Hyles

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

Examines the works of Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams for what they have to say about the nature of evil in their fiction, particularly as it relates to Christian scripture and eschatology.

20 Years And 50 Issues, Rayner Unwin, Robert Boenig, Mindi M. Reid, Vernon Hyles, Norma Roche, Alexei Kondratiev, Joe R. Christopher, Melanie A. Rawls, Robert A. Hall Jr., Benjamin Urrutia, Anne Osborn, Thomas Howard, Kathryn Lindskoog, Jerry Daniel, Paul Ritz, Ian Ballantine

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

Comments of members/readers on what the Society and Mythlore have meant to them.

Watership Down:The Individual & Society, Randy C. Welch

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

No abstract provided.

Amesbury Song, Jane Yolen

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

No abstract provided.

Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics, Paul Nolan Hyde

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

Discusses the structure of the Angerthas or Cirth, the runic alphabet used primarily for incision in stone or wood. Transcribes passages in runes from The Hobbit and a 1947 postcard sent to Katherine Farrer.

An Inklings' Bibliography (31), 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Nodal Structure In Tolkien’S Tales Of The First Age?, Nils Ivar Agøy

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

Identifies “nodes” or “stable images,” which persist in “staying more or less the same among endlessly changing plotlines” as Tolkien developed his narratives of the First Age.

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 …

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.

John Heath-Stubbs’ Artorius And The Influence Of Charles Williams, 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 II examines particularly the symbolism of the Muses in Artorius. The conclusion primarily considers the influence of Williams and Eliot on Heath-Stubbs.

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

Part 2:

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

Tales Newly Told, Alexei Kondratiev

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.

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.

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

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.

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.