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Mythlore 142
Publication Information
EditorJanet Brennan Croft
PublisherMythopoeic Society
ReleasedSpring/Summer 2023
FormatPaperback
Pages288
Preceded byMythlore 141
Followed byMythlore 143

Mythlore 142 (Volume 41, Issue 2) is an issue of the Mythlore journal, published by the Mythopoeic Society.

Contents

Articles

  • Hutchings-Budd, Clair J. "Terry Pratchett’s Witches Novels and the Consensus Fantasy Universe: A Feminist Perspective."
  • Moir Jr., Michael A. "Blood on the Snow, Soot on the Carpet: Belief as Pedagogy in Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather."
  • Miller, Timothy S. "The Unicorn Trade: Towards a Cultural History of the Mass-Market Unicorn."
  • Hood, Nathan C. J. "The felix culpa in Tolkien's Legendarium: A Catalyst for Character and Reader Transformation."
  • Lockerd, Martin. "The Stolen Gift: Tolkien and the Problem of Suicide."
  • Umland, Rebecca A. "Mythopoesis in Tennyson's Idylls of the King."
  • Sena, Kenton L., and Vogel, Philip J. "Wizards and Woods: The Environmental Ethics of Tolkien’s Istari."
  • Tadayoni, Masoud, and Hanif, Mohsen. "Gollum from Medieval Tragedy to Liberal Tragedy in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings."
  • Dennis, Mitchell T., and Sena, Kenton. "Delving Too Greedily: Analyzing Prejudice Against Tolkien's Dwarves as Historical Bias."

Features

  • Croft, Janet Brennan. Editorial.
  • Burriss, Larry L. Sentience and Sapience in the One Ring: The Reality of Tolkien’s Master Ring.
  • Costabile, Giovanni Carmine. The One Ring of King Solomon.
  • Flieger, Verlyn. The Dragon and the Railway Station.

Reviews

  • Thinking Queerly: Medievalism, Wizardry, and Neurodiversity in Young Adult Texts by Jes Battis. Reviewed by Marisa Mills.
  • George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles: Incarnation, Doubt, and Reenchantment by Timothy Larsen. Reviewed by James Hamby.
  • Harry Potter and the Other; Race, Justice and Difference in the Wizarding World, edited by Sarah Park Dahlen and Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, and Open at the Close: Literary Essays on Harry Potter, edited by Cecelia Koncharr Farr. Reviewed by Joseph R. Young.
  • The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind by Jason M. Baxter. Reviewed by Josiah Peterson.
  • Discovering Dune: Essays on Frank Herbert’s Epic Saga, edited by Dominic J. Nardi and N. Trevor Brierly. Reviewed by G. Connor Salter.
  • Mythmaking across Boundaries, edited by Züleyha Çetiner-Öktem. Reviewed by Sarah Beach.
  • The Lord of the Rings Tarot Deck and Guide by Casey Gilly and Tomas Hijo. Reviewed by Emily E. Auger.
  • The Map of Wilderland: Ecocritical Reflections on Tolkien’s Myth of Wilderness by Amber Lehning. Reviewed by Maria K. Alberto.
  • Primitive Mythology (The Masks of God, Volume 1) by Joseph Campbell. Reviewed by Phillip Fitzsimmons.
  • Superman in Myth and Folklore by Daniel Peretti, and The Mythology of the Superhero by Andrew R. Bahlmann. Reviewed by David L. Emerson.
  • Fairy Tales, Myth, and Psychoanalytic Theory: Feminism and Retelling the Tale by Veronica L. Schanoes. Reviewed by John Rosegrant.
  • The Leadership of C.S. Lewis: Ten Traits to Encourage Change and Growth by Crystal Hurd. Reviewed by Mark-Elliot Finley.
  • The Gallant Edith Bratt: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Inspiration by Nancy Bunting and Seamus Hamill-Keays. Reviewed by María Fernández Portaencasa.
  • Nancy-Lou Patterson Reviews Books by and About Dorothy L. Sayers, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Others by Nancy-Lou Patterson, edited by Emily E. Auger and Janet Brennan Croft. Reviewed by David Bratman.
  • The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy by David S. Hogsette. Reviewed by Douglas A. Anderson.
  • Tolkien, Enchantment, and Loss: Steps on the Developmental Journey by John Rosegrant. Reviewed by Timothy K. Lenz.
  • Briefly Noted: Ithell Colquhuon Taro as Colour tarot deck and book by Ithell Colquhoun. Reviewed by Emily E. Auger.
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