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Narnia And The Norse: The Presence Of Medieval Icelandic Literature In C.S. Lewis’S Writings, Melody Green
Narnia And The Norse: The Presence Of Medieval Icelandic Literature In C.S. Lewis’S Writings, Melody Green
Mythcon
In his autobiography Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis spends quite a bit of time discussing his deep, lifelong love of the stories that are often called “Norse Myth” (even though the majority of these stories were first written down in medieval Iceland. His diaries and letters reveal more about his love of this literature, including discussion of the Kolbitars, the weekly discussion group organized by J.R.R. Tolkien to read aloud the Icelandic sagas and eddas in their original language. In spite of this, little work has been done on Lewis’s own writings and the medieval Icelandic literature that he …
Tolkien’S Mechanical Dragons In The Fall Of Gondolin (1916) And World War I, Romauld Lakowski
Tolkien’S Mechanical Dragons In The Fall Of Gondolin (1916) And World War I, Romauld Lakowski
Mythcon
In this paper I will discuss Tolkien’s description of the mechanical dragons at the siege of Gondolin in a section of “The Fall of Gondolin” in The Book of Lost Tales that was omitted from the published Silmarillion. The rather strange description of the firedrakes and the bronze or iron serpents that besiege Gondolin is unique to the 1916 version of the Fall and very different from any of Tolkien’s other dragons and resemble more machines or engines of war like the tanks that Tolkien encountered in the WWI trenches. I will end by comparing Tolkien’s mechanical dragons in …
Minnesota/Midwest Fantasy, Eleanor Arnason, Caroline Stevermer, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, Patricia C. Wrede, Michael Merriam
Minnesota/Midwest Fantasy, Eleanor Arnason, Caroline Stevermer, Lois Mcmaster Bujold, Patricia C. Wrede, Michael Merriam
Mythcon
In keeping with our theme of “Fantasies of the Middle Lands,” five novelists who’ve set work in Minnesota or the Midwest talk about Midwestern influence and setting in general and their own work. Eleanor Arnason (Daughter of the Bear King), Caroline Stevermer (River Rats), Lois McMaster Bujold (The Sharing Knife books were partly inspired by Ohio), Patricia C. Wrede (MFA finalist The Dark Lord’s Daughter starts out at the Minnesota State Fair!), Michael Merriam (Last Car to Annwn Station)
The Tragic Life And Misconstrued Work Of Jules Verne, Gary Lynch
The Tragic Life And Misconstrued Work Of Jules Verne, Gary Lynch
Mythcon
Gary Lynch presents on Jules Verne.
An Inkling Of Mystery: Examining C.S. Lewis’S Philosophy Of Myth, Alysa Cripe
An Inkling Of Mystery: Examining C.S. Lewis’S Philosophy Of Myth, Alysa Cripe
Mythcon
In a review of his friend J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis characterizes its precursor The Hobbit as “a fragment torn from the author’s huge myth.” Lewis is not speaking simply of Tolkien’s longer work as the larger myth, but the legendarium of Middle-earth. Other literary critics have also praised Tolkien for his creation of a convincing mythology alongside the geography, maps, and history of Middle-earth. The word “myth” continually appears in analyses of Tolkien’s writing, writing that has captivated readers since its conception. It is therefore logical to infer that this mysterious mythic quality holds great …
Before And After: Editing A Collection Through The Pandemic, Cami Agan
Before And After: Editing A Collection Through The Pandemic, Cami Agan
Mythcon
At Mythcon in San Diego (2019, the “before time”), the Stewards approved my proposal for the collection of essays entitled Cities and Strongholds of Middle-earth; Essays on the Habitations of Tolkien’s Legendarium from Mythopoeic Press. I will discuss the process of soliciting contributors, compiling, cajoling, editing, developing the introduction, proofing the volume, working with MythPress editors, as well as discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affected/ affects the process of publication, and offer a general overview of the volume itself, which [Varda willing!] will be available for order at Mythcon53.
J.R.R. Tolkien And The Essence Of Enchantment, John Rosegrant
J.R.R. Tolkien And The Essence Of Enchantment, John Rosegrant
Mythcon
It is well-known that Tolkien saturated his works with his love of language, so it is worthwhile to reflect on the particular ways that he loved language. Tolkien especially loved languages of the past, and the past of languages, and he especially loved the esthetics of language: the sounds themselves, and the match between sound and meaning. He was thus searching for the beauty that could still be perceived in what was lost in language, a position like that of the Beowulf poet gazing from the top of his tower at the sea of fading paganism. This position can be …
Middle West And The Pastoral Ideal In The American Artistic Landscape, Rebecca Umland
Middle West And The Pastoral Ideal In The American Artistic Landscape, Rebecca Umland
Mythcon
The complex and sometimes contradictory origin and use of the term Middle West—an evolving concept especially during the later American Expansionism period (primarily 1880 and after)—impacted the imagination of its writers. Their works view the Middle West as an idyllic place that occupies a central part of their personal and cultural pasts, and as a mediator between East (aged, urban and jaded) and West (wild, youthful, untamed). Middle West rests on yeomanry, an Old-World concept which Jefferson especially admired, embodying the virtues of maturity, wisdom, and kindness: “The pastoral ideal, a haven midway between the corruptions of urban civilization and …
Rivendell & Second Foundation Discussion Of The Works Of Eleanor Arnason, Eleanor Arnason, Eric M. Heidman, David Lenander
Rivendell & Second Foundation Discussion Of The Works Of Eleanor Arnason, Eleanor Arnason, Eric M. Heidman, David Lenander
Mythcon
Eleanor Arnason, Eric M. Heideman, & David Lenander These two local discussion groups, one chartered by the Mythopoeic Society, come together to discuss with Eleanor Arnason her fiction, particularly her Minnesota set book, Daughter of the Bear King, and the Attebery praised classic novel, Ring of Swords.
Desert Power: Decolonization Of The Fremen Narrative In Dune: Part Two, Tim Lenz
Desert Power: Decolonization Of The Fremen Narrative In Dune: Part Two, Tim Lenz
Mythcon
In Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part 2 (2024), being the middle part of a planned film trilogy, the audience receives extensive exposure to the indigenous people of the planet Arrakis, the desert-dwelling Fremen. Compared to the source material, Frank Herbert’s science fiction masterwork Dune (1965), the portrayal of the Fremen people deviates significantly in the film adaptation. This paper will contrast depictions of Fremen belief, culture, and characters between the original novel and the 2024 film, and will argue that the recent adaptation portrays a partially-decolonized narrative of the Fremen people which affords them additional agency and nuance. The primary focus …
The Year In Star Trek, Scott Lohman, Joan Marie Verba
The Year In Star Trek, Scott Lohman, Joan Marie Verba
Mythcon
The panelists will talk about this year’s developments and will be open to discussion and questions.
In Harmony With Nature: Beorn As An Ecological Ideal, Kaelyn Harris
In Harmony With Nature: Beorn As An Ecological Ideal, Kaelyn Harris
Mythcon
This paper will explore Beorn’s role in the ecological welfare of his corner of Middle-earth and his relationships with the rest of Middle-earth based on his unique identity. I posit that Beorn acts as a positive representative of the ideal relationship between man and nature, primarily due to his dual identity, which allows for him to experience the world as the other races are unable to do so, in connection with his bear form and bear nature. Beorn is uniquely placed at the middle of civilization and wilderness; he cultivates his own space, growing plants and looking after animals much …
The 500th Mythprint, Megan Abrahamson, David Bratman, Janet Brennan Croft, Eleanor M. Farrell
The 500th Mythprint, Megan Abrahamson, David Bratman, Janet Brennan Croft, Eleanor M. Farrell
Mythcon
After over 50 years of the Mythopoeic Society and through its many changes, Mythprint’s 500th—that’s right, five hundred—issue will be coming out at the end of this year (61:4 #411). The current editor Megan Abrahamson will chair a panel of former Mythprint editors talking about the newsletter’s past and future. If you’re interested in learning about Mythsoc history, being a contributor to (or future editor of!) Mythprint, or if you have suggestions for the future of Mythprint, join us for conversation and questions.
The Sub-Creator And The Secondary World: Positioning The Hobbit In J.R.R. Tolkien’S Legendarium, William Thompson
The Sub-Creator And The Secondary World: Positioning The Hobbit In J.R.R. Tolkien’S Legendarium, William Thompson
Mythcon
Coming between his tales of the First Age and Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit occupies a curious middle position in his legendarium. The Hobbit is a children’s text, noteworthy for its lucky main character and its use of an often intrusive narrative voice, but the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and his thirteen companions allowed Tolkien to begin mapping his stories of the First Age onto a new narrative. Elrond, for example, the Master of the Last Homely House, and “one of those people whose fathers came into the strange stories before the beginning of History” …
Ursula Le Guin’S Universes, David Emerson, Brian Attebery, Eleanor Arnason, David Bratman
Ursula Le Guin’S Universes, David Emerson, Brian Attebery, Eleanor Arnason, David Bratman
Mythcon
This panel will be discussing the relationships of the panelists to Le Guin’s work and to Le Guin herself. Is there an intersection between their work and hers? Did they meet her? If so, what it was like working with her? What is their best Le Guin story? What do they see as their most “Le Guinian” work and why. What are their favorite Le Guin works? What do they see as her most underrated work we should all go read?
Fantasist Of Middle America: L Frank Baum And His Works, L. Frank Baum
Fantasist Of Middle America: L Frank Baum And His Works, L. Frank Baum
Mythcon
The panelists will talk about this centrally important midwestern Fantasy writer, who is named one of Diversicon’s “Posthumous guests of honor” this year. He would be remembered as greatly influential if he had only written The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but come and learn about more of his legacy.
Mythcon History Panel, Megan Abrahamson, Eleanor Farrell, Lisa Harrigan, Gary Hunnewell, Sylvia Hunnewell
Mythcon History Panel, Megan Abrahamson, Eleanor Farrell, Lisa Harrigan, Gary Hunnewell, Sylvia Hunnewell
Mythcon
“Mythcon Memories.” At this panel, Mythopoeic Society veterans will share their stories about Mythcons past. Attendees can learn about some of our more bizarre traditions, and who started them. We will discuss how Mythcon has changed over time and where it might be headed in the future.
The Second Golden Age Of Children’S Fantasy, 1950-1980, Brian Attebery, H. M. Bouwman, David Lenander, Laura Krentz
The Second Golden Age Of Children’S Fantasy, 1950-1980, Brian Attebery, H. M. Bouwman, David Lenander, Laura Krentz
Mythcon
The Rivendell Discussion with Brian Attebery this past January focused on chapter two of his Mythopoeic Scholarship Awarded book last year, Fantasy: How It Works, in which he discussed the parallels between Edward Eager’s fantasy story, Half Magic and Elizabeth Enright’s family story, The Saturdays. Attebery’s discussion raises all sorts of interesting questions about these literary forms and overlap, and we wandered into discussion of how too much of this great literature for children has already been forgotten, though it was formational for so many of our current Fantasy writers (along with that of the earlier First Golden Age). Books …
Fanning The Flames Of Fanfiction: Examining The Usage Of Fanfiction Tropes In Rainbow Rowell’S Carry On, Declan Roberts
Fanning The Flames Of Fanfiction: Examining The Usage Of Fanfiction Tropes In Rainbow Rowell’S Carry On, Declan Roberts
Mythcon
It was not so long ago, in literary history terms, that fanfiction was left to the periphery of methods of fan interaction with their favourite properties. Fanfiction’s status ranged from something to be derided to a crime punishable by lawsuits. However, this is no longer the case, and readers of fanfiction now have a plethora of websites where they can search through works for any tropes that they may want. Nothing highlights this new liminal space between accepted and unaccepted forms of fiction than the publication of Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On. Rowell’s text is an expansion on the fanfiction …
From Page To Screen: Invented Language In George R.R. Martin’S And J.R.R. Tolkien’S Writings, And How They Are Used In Adaptations, Mareike Huber
From Page To Screen: Invented Language In George R.R. Martin’S And J.R.R. Tolkien’S Writings, And How They Are Used In Adaptations, Mareike Huber
Mythcon
In 2010, only a year before the adaptation of his fantasy novels would air, George R.R. Martin admitted that unlike J.R.R. Tolkien, whom he called a “linguist of rare talent” whose “astonishing feat of linguistic worldbuilding […] is never likely to be duplicated”, Martin himself only invents the words that he needs and does not “have a whole imaginary language” or languages “the way Tolkien did” (Martin 2010). In particular, when it comes to one of his ‘languages’, Dothraki, Martin said that he “did pepper the text with a few […] words” but generally relied on phrases like “[t]hey were …
Boromir’S Smile And Other Expressions Of Wartime Joy In Tolkien, Chip Crane
Boromir’S Smile And Other Expressions Of Wartime Joy In Tolkien, Chip Crane
Mythcon
Boromir’s last words to Aragorn are, “I have failed.” But his final gesture as he dies a few seconds later is a smile. Between the two moments, generating this final expression, are Aragorn’s words reassuring Boromir that he has gained a victory and that Minas Tirith shall stand. What emotions are we to infer from this smile? Tolkien’s choice of this ending for one of his most complex characters touches on a larger theme of joy in the midst of the horrors of war in The Lord of the Rings and the legendarium of the Silmarillion. In this paper I …
Our Dear Charles Williams: Tolkien’S Feelings About The Oddest Inkling, Sørina Higgins
Our Dear Charles Williams: Tolkien’S Feelings About The Oddest Inkling, Sørina Higgins
Mythcon
At the zenith of the Inklings’s social and creative energy, Tolkien wrote a poem about “Our Dear Charles Williams.” It is a long poem—over three pages—full of praise, gentle teasing, and inside jokes. Many references may escape the casual reader or the Tolkien scholar who is less familiar with Williams’s works. Furthermore, the exact nature of the friendship between Tolkien and Williams has been frequently debated. In every friendship, loss is inevitable, whether through time, distance, conflict, or finally death. This is one such story. J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams were friends for about six years–from 1939 until Williams’s sudden …
Fantasy In The Anthropocene, Brian Attebery, Marek Oziewicz, Jack Zipes
Fantasy In The Anthropocene, Brian Attebery, Marek Oziewicz, Jack Zipes
Mythcon
“Fantasy in the Anthropocene” was inspired by the Fantasy Scholarship finalist from last year, edited by U of MN Prof. Marek Oziewicz, Prof. Brian Attebery and Prof. Teresa Dédinova, a unique collection of mini essays, stories, poetry and artwork. As its description puts it, “Fantasy and myth have long been humanity’s most advanced technologies for collective dreaming. Today they are helping us adopt a biocentric lens, re-kin us with other forms of life, and assist us in the transition to an ecological civilization.” With both Brian and Marek available for this discussion, joined by Prof. Jack Zipes, we want to …
Our Flag Means Romance…Middle English Romance, That Is, Megan Abrahamson
Our Flag Means Romance…Middle English Romance, That Is, Megan Abrahamson
Mythcon
Our Flag Means Death, a pirate romantic comedy released on HBO Max, has been discussed in terms of its mythopoesis by Sara Brown at OMS #3 (“Our Flag…Means Queer: Monstering the Majority Culture”), and has been studied as referencing Shakespearean motifs by Melissa Rohrer (“Sometimes the old tropes are the best tropes: Shakespeare and Our Flag Means Death”). In this talk, I showcase the Middle English and mostly Arthurian Romance elements we find in OFMD, particularly its episodic quest format, focus on homosocial bonds, and engagement with courtly love. Other minor motifs—such as a hero’s humble beginnings and …
Tolkien’S "The Homecoming Of Beorhtnoth": Manuscript Revisions And Faërian Dramas, Anna Smol
Tolkien’S "The Homecoming Of Beorhtnoth": Manuscript Revisions And Faërian Dramas, Anna Smol
Mythcon
Although Tolkien’s biographer Humphrey Carpenter downplayed Tolkien’s interest in drama, a closer look at “On Fairy-stories” and at the manuscript drafts of the historical drama, “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth” suggests that this verse play should be more widely recognized as a drama with the potential for stage production. The recent edition by Peter Grybauskas, which includes one of the earlier drafts of the play and Tolkien’s own recording of the drama, gives readers some new insight into the play’s development and suitability for performance. A closer examination of further manuscript drafts, particularly a recently acquired version now in the Brotherton …
Charles Williams Poetry Workshop, Eric Rauscher
Charles Williams Poetry Workshop, Eric Rauscher
Mythcon
This will be a group “close” reading of a couple of Charles Williams’s Arthurian poems. I will bring copies of the poems to pass out, and as a group (participation is encouraged but not required) we will read them in detail, parsing out meanings and sharing insights. What may seem obvious to one may be a revelation to another. We will also just enjoy the beauty of the poems by reading them out loud, the way they are meant to be heard. For those of you who have never been introduced to these poems, here is your chance. For those …
“Giving Up Their Dead”: “The Homecoming Of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’S Son” And A Sleep Of Prisoners, Janet Brennan Croft
“Giving Up Their Dead”: “The Homecoming Of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’S Son” And A Sleep Of Prisoners, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythcon
J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son” (published in 1953, though substantially written by 1945) is perhaps studied more frequently for its critical apparatus (the introduction on the Battle of Maldon titled “Beorhtnoth’s Death” and the postscript on ofermod) and as a source for Tolkien’s thoughts on war and heroism than as an actual play to be performed. Recently Tolkien’s own recording of the play, performing both voices and including sound effects, became more widely available, encouraging us to consider it AS a play again. Christopher Fry’s A Sleep of Prisoners (1951) shares a number of characteristics with “Homecoming”—it …
Samwise And Sméagol: Narrative Shift And Personal Choice In The Two Towers, Jonah N. Echols
Samwise And Sméagol: Narrative Shift And Personal Choice In The Two Towers, Jonah N. Echols
Mythcon
The middle sections of a story can afford readers opportunities to appreciate different aspects of a work than the beliefsuspending beginnings or resolution-providing endings. Professor Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is no exception. It is set in the “middle times” of his larger legendarium—the Third Age tension with Elves in exile and men guiding the world. Moreover, the middle portion of The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, highlights a tension between free will and fate that underlies the entire narrative. Focalization via the characters of Samwise Gamgee and Sméagol draws the reader into that central tension. Specifically, …
The Year In Astronomy, Michael Kauper
The Year In Astronomy, Michael Kauper
Mythcon
This is a slide presentation by Michael Kauper about the developments in Astronomy over the past year, and suggestions of what to watch for in the sky over the next few months, a tradition at Diversicon.
Questioning Attebery’S ‘Bullseye’: Interviews With Young Readers Of Fantasy May Decenter The Lord Of The Rings, Luke Shelton
Questioning Attebery’S ‘Bullseye’: Interviews With Young Readers Of Fantasy May Decenter The Lord Of The Rings, Luke Shelton
Mythcon
In 2018 and 2019, I interviewed young readers about their opinions of The Lord of the Rings (LotR) as a part of my Ph.D. thesis. Their ideas concerning the genre of the text destabilize Attebery’s use of it as a central point for the genre. Since these readers do not demonstrate a consensus that LotR is a work of fantasy, one is left to wonder if the idea of the fuzzy set proposed by Attebery is accurate when considering the lived experiences of readers. This leads to several questions about why these young readers have categorized the story the way …