Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

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.

"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.

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.

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 …

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 Woodsman, Pendred Noyce

The Mythic Circle

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Poem, Jomil Mulvey

The Mythic Circle

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Sonnet In Defense Of Thersites, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

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Mourning Light, David Gaston

The Mythic Circle

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The Troll Boy, Douglas A. Rossman

The Mythic Circle

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Talking Sword, C. R. Schabel

The Mythic Circle

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The Witch And The Lily, Anna Maxie

The Mythic Circle

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The Accuser, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

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Empress Blue Meets Pharoah, Neve Mattaliano

The Mythic Circle

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Thomas The Rhymer, Charles De Lint

The Mythic Circle

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In The House Of Good Fortune, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

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In Pursuit Of Precious Things, C. A. Lavinger

The Mythic Circle

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Three Blessings, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

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Mohawk, Charles Rampp

The Mythic Circle

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The Princess In The Teflon Slipper, Stefan Bilandic

The Mythic Circle

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Mythic Circle #1, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

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Mother-Daughter Relationships In Young Adult Literature, Kelly K. Fischbach

Graduate Research Papers

The annotated bibliography contains a list of young adult fiction books in which the characters and themes are based on a mother-daughter relationship. The researcher searched for types of mother-daughter relationships and a comprehensive listing of books available on the subject. The mother-daughter relationships covered are mother-biological daughter, mother-adopted or foster daughter, mother- stepdaughter and mother-abandoned daughter. The twenty-two books included in this study were published from 1975 through 1985 and were available in public or school libraries.

The Image Of The Senior Adult In Recommended Realistic Fiction For Young Adults, 1979-1986, Judith Younker Siler

Graduate Research Papers

This study, patterned after Carolyn Baggett's 1980 doctoral research at the University of Mississippi, was designed to determine if recommended realistic fiction published for young adults in the years 1979-1986 was significantly different (p = .05) than that published in the years 1960-1969 and 1970-1978, The "Chi-square Test with Probe" was used to test the frequencies of 40 characteristics. The categories contained three image statements which were used to record characterizations of older persons in the literature. One statement was a negative stereotype, one was a positive stereotype, and the third was realistic based on gerontological studies. Sixteen books to …

John Heath-Stubbs’ Artorius And The Influence Of Charles Williams (Part 1), 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 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss3/12

Part 3:

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

Reviews, Glen Goodknight, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Thomas M. Egan

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, together with the earliest 'Silmarillion' and the First Map. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. by Christopher Tolkien. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review. 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 Glen GoodKnight.

Dragons of Light. Ace Books. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

Dragons of Darkness. Ace Books. Reviewed by Thomas M. Egan.

The Stars and the Stillness: A Portrait of George MacDonald. Kathy Triggs. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Gondolin, Minas Tirith And The Eucatastrophe, Lisa Anne Mende

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

Compares the tragic end of Gondolin with the eucatastrophic rescue of Minas Tirith. Similarly, other tales in The Silmarillion end tragically while parallel stories in Lord of the Rings have happier resolutions

The Figure Of Beatrice In The Works Of Charles Williams, Judith Kollmann

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

Keynote address, Mythcon 17. Notes the importance of the figure of Beatrice to Williams, and reviews his use of Beatrician figures in his novels and poems.

Tolkien And Old Germanic Ethics, Robert Boenig

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

Claims the “idea that a warrior must die with his lord in battle is one of the most important moral injunctions among the various Germanic peoples.” Uses this theme to examine Tolkien’s work for his reworking of the Old Germanic ethic into a Christian perspective.

A Centennial Retrospective On Charles Williams, David Bratman, Judith Kollmann, Bernadette Bosky, David Samuelson, Richard L. Purtill, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Amy Falkowitz, Antoinette Brenion, Christopher Henrich, Alexei Kondratiev, Fred Williams, Paul Nolan Hyde, Gracia Fay Ellwood, Randolph Fritz, Thomas Clareson, Wendell Wagner, Joe Christopher, Edith Crowe

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

Edited transcript of a panel discussion (including audience contributions) at the 17th Mythopoeic Society Conference.

Quenti Lambardillion: A Column On Middle-Earth Linguistics: The Languages Of Middle-Earth (Part Ii), Paul Nolan Hyde

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.

A history of the languages of Middle-earth and their relationships with each other.

Part 1: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol13/iss1/6