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| Mythlore 131 | |
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| Publication Information | |
| Editor | Janet Brennan Croft |
| Publisher | Mythopoeic Society |
| Released | Fall/Winter 2017 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Preceded by | Mythlore 130 |
| Followed by | Mythlore 132 |
Mythlore 131 (Volume 36, Issue 1) is an issue of the Mythlore journal, published by the Mythopoeic Society.
Contents
Articles
- Schmidt, Laura. "Treasure in the Archives: A Celebration of Archival Collections."
- Fliss, William M. "‘Things That Were, and Things That Are, and Things That Yet May Be’: The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscript Collection at Marquette University."
- Łaszkiewicz, Weronika. "Into the Wild Woods: On the Significance of Trees and Forests in Fantasy Fiction."
- Ivan, Brittani. "‘Countries of the Mind’: The Mundane, the Fantastic, and Reality in the Landscapes of Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood and Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series."
- Vaccaro, Christopher. "‘Morning Stars of a Setting World’: Alain de Lille’s De Planctu Naturæ and Tolkien’s Legendarium as Neo-Platonic Mythopoeia."
- Bergen, Richard Angelo. "‘A Warp of Horror’: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sub-creations of Evil."
- Mauk, Margaret S. "‘Your Mother Died to Save You’: The Influence of Mothers in Constructing Moral Frameworks for Violence in Harry Potter."
- Wise, Dennis Wilson. "J.R.R. Tolkien and the 1954 Nomination of E.M. Forster for the Nobel Prize in Literature."
- Rand, Thomas. "Maleldil and Reader Response in C.S. Lewis’s Out of the Silent Planet."
- Tally, Robert T. Jr. "Three Rings for the Elven-kings: Trilogizing Tolkien in Print and Film."
Features
- Croft, Janet Brennan. Editorial.
- Bratman, David. "Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note)."
- O'Dell, Sarah. "Robert E. Havard: A Closer Look at the ‘Medical Inkling’ (Note)."
- Foster, Mike. "Memories of Clyde Kilby (Note)."
- Flieger, Verlyn. "A Note on a Name (Note)."
- Wootton, J. Aleksandr. Letter to the Editor.
Art
- "Gandalf in Meduseld" from J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, illustrated by Sarah Lucy Beach, first published in Mythlore #35.
- "The Meditation of Mordred" from the Arthurian Romances, illustrated by Sarah Lucy Beach, first published in Mythlore #39.
- "Eowyn" from J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, illustrated by Sarah Lucy Beach, first published in Mythlore #37.
- "Isildur and the Ring" from J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, illustrated by Sarah Lucy Beach, first published in Mythlore #36.
Reviews
- Beren and Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee. Reviewed by Kate Neville.
- Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty: Majesty, Splendour, and Transcendence in Middle-earth. By Lisa Coutras. Reviewed by Phillip Irving Mitchell.
- The Fantastic of the Fin de Siècle. Eds. Irina Grubica and Zdenĕk Beran. Reviewed by Douglas A. Anderson.
- Laughter in Middle-earth: Humour in and around the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Eds. Thomas Honegger and Maureen F. Mann. Reviewed by Janet Brennan Croft.
- Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy: Idealization, Identity, Ideology. By Dimitra Fimi. Reviewed by Glenn R. Gray.
- From Peterborough to Faëry: The Poetics and Mechanics of Secondary Worlds. Eds. Thomas Honegger and Dirk Vanderbeke. Reviewed by David Emerson.
- The Ravenclaw Chronicles: Reflections from Edinboro. Ed. Corbin Fowler and Harry Potter for Nerds II: Essays for Fans, Academics, and Lit Geeks. Eds. Kathryn McDaniel and Travis Prinzi. Reviewed by Jennifer W. Spirko.
- Deeper Magic: The Theology Behind the Writings of C.S. Lewis by Donald T. Williams. Reviewed by Diane Joy Baker.
- The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography by Edmund Gordon. Reviewed by Dennis Wilson Wise.
- Forgotten Leaves: Essays from a Smial. Eds. Jessica Burke and Anthony Burdge. Reviewed by Cait Coker.
- Tolkien Studies: An Annual Review v. XIII. Eds. Michael D.C. Drout, Verlyn Flieger, and David Bratman; North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies v. 35. Ed. John Pennington; and VII (Seven): Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center v.33. Ed. Marjorie Lamp Mead. Reviewed by Janet Brennan Croft.
- Briefly Noted: Orcrist: The Bulletin of the Tolkien and Fantasy Society at the University of Wisconsin--Madison #9. Ed. Richard C. West, Lucas Annear, and Jack Mathie. Reviewed by Janet Brennan Croft.
- Briefly Noted: The Wizard of Oz as a Parable. Steve Adams. Reviewed by Mike Foster.