Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons^™

Robin's Summonses, Ruth Berman

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

No abstract provided.

Objective Measuring Techniques Applied To Illustrations In Children’S Picture Storybooks, Diane Brown Harrington

Graduate Research Papers

This research study was designed to determine if found and developed objective measuring techniques, using children's preferences and interests, were effective when applied to the illustrations of picture storybooks.

Using only fourteen books written and illustrated by Stan and Jan Berenstain, the five methods used to gather data for this study were: 1) applying the Picture Potency Formula to obtain the language stimulation value of each book; 2) Using a kindergarten child to determine if the essence of the story can be told by a child from lookin0 at the illustrations; 3) recording the number of times the main character(s) …

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.

A Study Of Historical Fiction And The Works Of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Kathleen L. Mclaughlin

Graduate Research Papers

This study was undertaken for the specific purpose of developing criteria for good historical fiction, applying the resulting criteria statements to each of the books that make up the "Little House" series, and determining the frequency of criteria appearance in each book separately and as a series. The purpose of this study was to develop and apply a criteria list to each of the books in the "Little House" series point by point.

A valid list of criteria has been established and used in evaluating the "Little House series. Eleven separate criterion which describe the five important elements of good …

The Development Of An Annotated Bibliography Of Historical Fiction For Use In An American History Course, Patricia Thayer

Graduate Research Papers

Juvenile literature is an effective and appealing tool to supplement classroom instruction. More specifically, historical fiction can provide supplemental readings to enhance and enrich an American Studies Course.

The purpose of this study was to determine if an annotated bibliography of historical fiction relating to the Civil War era could be developed. The novels to be included were to be of an interest level including grade eight and a reading level range of grades four through eleven. Major social/cultural, political/legal, and economic issues of the Civil War era were attributed to each title in the bibliography.

The researcher had predicted …

Fantasy Genre Books For Middle School Students: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Loretta K. Talley

Graduate Research Papers

This survey of children's literature was undertaken to determine if a collection of 150 books meeting a fantasy genre definition could be developed as a basis for a mini-course for Edison Middle School students in Waterloo, Iowa. For this study, fantasy genre literature was defined as the literature of fantastic tales and chimerical tales, having been created by an author and having a world of wonders. Living toys, strange children, witches, supernatural animal figures, mythical worlds, combat between good and evil, journeys through time and space, and the "door" were identified as fantasy genre motifs.

The initial collection of 883 …

Dear Mistress Ellwood, Alex Whitney, Judi Davidson, Benjamin Urrutia, Margaret R. Purdy, Wendell Wagner Jr., Paul Torongo, Renée Haynes, Margaret L. Carter, Ruth Berman, Pierre H. Berube, Gord Wilson, Mary Kay Bond, Mary M. Stolzenbach

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, George Colvin, J. R. Christopher, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Robert S. Ellwood Jr., Steven C. Walker, Dale Ziegler

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

Miscellany. . Reviewed by George Colvin.

Wilkie Collins: A Critical and Biographical Study. Dorothy L. Sayers, ed. E.R. Gregory. Reviewed by J. R. Christopher.

Bloodhounds of Heaven: The Detective in English Fiction from Godwin to Doyle. Ian Ousby. Reviewed by J. R. Christopher.

The Dark Tower and Other Stories. C.S. Lewis, Ed. Walter Hooper. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Mythology of Middle-earth. Ruth S. Noel. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Faeries. Brian Froud and Alan Lee. Reviewed by Robert S. Ellwood Jr..

Eschatus. Bruce Pennington. Reviewed by Robert S. Ellwood Jr..

The Lord of the Rings. Ralph Bakshi, director; Saul …

Eowyn, Joe R. Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

Sir Gawain's Missing Day, Joe Christopher

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

Notes a missing day in chronology of events at Morgan le Fay’s castle, and suggests a relation to themes of falseness in the poem.

An Inklings Bibliography (8), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings.

Children, Magic, And Choices, Dainis Bisenieks

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

Reviews the portrayal of children in a number of contemporary fantasies (including those of Lewis) and analyzes their success or failure.

And The Darkness Grasped It Not: The Struggle Of Good And Evil In Charles Williams, George Lee

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

Discusses the “central theme” of the “stuggle of good and evil” in three of Williams’s novels.

George Macdonald And The Lilith Legend In The Xixth Century, Roderick F. Mcgillis

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

Recounts the origins of the legend of Lilith, and gives examples of the use of Lilith figures by a number of nineteenth century writers. Examines MacDonald’s interpretation of Lilith in his novel of the same name.

The Piping Song, Joe R. Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

Cavalier Treatment: A Quest For A King, Lee Speth

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

No abstract provided.

Severe Mercies, Gracia Fay Ellwood

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

No abstract provided.

Getting It Together: Lewis And The Two Hemispheres Of Knowing, Kathryn Lindskoog

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

Relates Lewis’s treatment of Reason and Imagination in his poem “Reason” to discoveries about right brain/left brain operation.

Unicorns, Saralinda Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

A Brief Introduction To The History And Origin Of The Holy Grail Motif, Stephen Thorson

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

Alludes briefly to “different theories of the origin of the Holy Grail legend.” Focuses on post-Chrétien material for what it suggests about origins.

A Note On Mythopeic Holdingsin The Kerlan Collection, Ruth Berman

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

No abstract provided.

Guardaci Ben: The Visionary Woman In C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles Of Narnia And That Hideous Strength, Nancy-Lou Patterson

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.

Examines the characters of visionary women—what Esther Harding calls the femme inspiratrice—in Lewis’s fiction. Part one focuses on Jane in That Hideous Strength. Part two focuses on Lucy in the Chronicles of Narnia.

Part 1: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol6/iss3/2

An Inklings Bibilography (11), Joe R. Christopher

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

A series of bibliographies of primary and secondary works concerning the Inklings

Cavalier Treatment: The Pig In The Widow's Shawl, Lee Speth

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

No abstract provided.

Elements Of The Idea Of The City In Charles Williams' Arthurian Poetry, Mariann Russell

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

Sees Williams’s Arthurian poems as a dialectic with a pattern of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis, the last related to the idea of coinherence. Examines Williams’s characteristic image of the City as it appears in the Arthurian poems.

Founder's Focus - Academia: Friend Or Foe?, Glen H. Goodknight

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

No abstract provided.

Lines, Joe R. Christopher

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

No abstract provided.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, Paul H. Kocher, Robert S. Ellwood Jr.

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

AS HER WHIMSEY TOOK HER: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON THE WORK OF DOROTHY L. SAYERS. Margaret P. Hannay (ed.). Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Individual Hobbit: Jung, Tolkien and the Archetypes of Middle-earth. Timothy R. O'Neill. Reviewed by Paul H. Kocher.

A Guide Through Narnia. Martha C. Sammons. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

Dorothy Sayers, A Literary Biography. Ralph E. Hone. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Tolkien Scrapbook. Alida Becker, Editor. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

C.S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table, and Other Reminiscences. James T. Como, Editor. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES. Katharine Briggs. Reviewed by Robert S. …

Perchance To Touch: Tolkien As Scholar, Peter Milward

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

Recounts the author’s encounters with Tolkien’s written scholarship at Oxford, and attendance at a Tolkien lecture.

The Repose Of A Very Delicate Balance: Postulants And Celebrants Of The Sacrament Of Marriage In The Detective Fiction Of Dorothy L. Sayers, William R. Epperson

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

Sayers, like Lewis, used the vehicle of genre fiction to explore something rarely explored in modern fiction: “marriage as a human relationship which has a potential for good, for human growth, individuation, mutuality, and love.” The fulfillment of the potential in the marriage of Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane is explored in detail.