Orcrist 7

Orcrist 7
Publication Information
Editor	Richard C. West (Art Editor: Ivor A. Rogers)
Publisher	Madison: University of Wisconsin J.R.R. Tolkien Society
Released	1973
Preceded by	Orcrist 6
Followed by	Orcrist 8

Orcrist 7 is an issue of the journal Orcrist, published as a Special Issue on the Medieval Tradition in Modern Literature.

The front cover features an untitled illustration by M. Cannito.

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Contents

Dedication: For Carl Carroll: un homme tant preux que nus plus

• "Songs of Gurre"—Jens Peter Jacobsen, translated from the Danish by Poul Anderson (pp. 4–7)
• "No Man Can Escape His Weird"—Sandra Miesel (pp. 9–12) [mostly on Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword]
• "Malory and T. H. White"—Richard C. West (pp. 13–15)
• "Moot Point" (p. 15) [letters from Tim Kirk (30 April 1972) and Eugene Vinaver (12 May 1972) ]
• "Tolkien's Creative Technique: Beowulf and The Hobbit"—Bonniejean Christensen (pp. 16–20)
• "Farmer Giles of Ham: What Is It?"—J. A. Johnson (pp. 21–24)
• "Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain and the Welsh Tradition"—Elizabeth Lane (pp. 25–29)
• In Review" (p. 29)
  • "Solid Gold Guide" : Robert Foster, A Guide to Middle-earth (Mirage Press, 1971) -- reviewed by Deborah Rogers
• "Brief Mentions" by Richard West of:
  • James D. Allan, A Glossary of the Eldarin Tongues (self-published, 1972)
  • Thomas D. Clareson, ed. SF: The Other Side of Realism (Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1971)
  • Charles H. Huttar, ed. Imagination and the Spirit: Essays in Literature and the Christian Faith presented to Clyde S. Kilby (Eerdmans, 1971)
  • Carolyn Keefe, ed. C. S. Lewis: Speaker and Teacher (Zondervan, 1971)
  • C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, ed. Walter Hooper (Eerdmans, 1970)
  • Sam J. Lundwall, Science Fiction: What It's All About (Ace, 1971)
  • Jeremy Potter, A Trail of Blood (McCall, 1971)
  • William Ready, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit Notes (Coles Publishing Co., Ltd., 1971)
  • R.J. Reilly, Romantic Religion: A Study of Barfield, Lewis, Williams, and Tolkien (University of Georgia Press, 1971)
  • Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave (Morrow, 1970)
  • Gunnar Urang, Shadows of Heaven: Religion and Fantasy in the Writing of C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien (Pilgrim Press, 1971)
• On The Hunting of the Snark as a Romantic Ballad" -- J. R. Christopher (pp. 30–32)
• Verse: L. Sprague de Camp (p. 12); William Linden (pp. 12, 15); John and Kathryn Lindskoog (p. 3); William F. Orr (p. 12); Deborah Webster Rogers (p. 24)

Back cover: untitled [toad and toadstool] illustration by M. Cannito