A scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature
Mythlore 18 Volume 5, Issue 2 (purchase below)
1978 Autumn, 47 pages
New editor, Gracia Fay Ellwood
Table of Contents
Articles
Geer, Caroline. “Land of Faerie: The Disappearing Myth.” 3-5.
Chapman, Edgar L. “The Shaman as Hero and Spiritual Learer: Richard Adams’ Mythmaking in Watership Down and Shardik.” 7-11.
Lynch, James. “The Literary Banquet and the Eucharistic Feast: Tradition in Tolkien.” 13-14.
Chard, Jean Marie. “Some Elements of Myth and Mysticism in C.S. Lewis’ Novel Till We Have Faces.” 15-18.
Kreig, Laurence J. “Levels of Symbolic Meaning in Pearl.” 21-23.
Hasty, Mara. “How the Isle of Ransom Reflects an Actual Icelandic Setting.” 24.
Bailey, Mark. “The Honour and Glory of a Mouse: Reepicheep of Narnia.” 35-36, 46.
Haykin, Michael. “A Note on Charles Williams’ The Place of the Lion.” 37-38.
Russell, Mariann. “‘The Northern Literature’ and the Ring Trilogy.” 41-42.
Features
Letters. 25+.
Colvin, George. “Good Work — and Great Fun.” Review of Middle Earth (game). 30-31.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou. “Sarehole to Shire: The Definitive Tolkien.” Review of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter; The Longing for a Form: Essays on the Fiction of C.S. Lewis, edited by Peter J. Schakel. 31-33.
Speth, Lee. “Review.” Review of Wonderful Wizard, Marvelous Land by Raylyn Moore. 33, 36, 46.
Ellwood, Gracia Fay. Editorial. 38+.
Christopher, Joe R. “An Inklings Bibliography (7).” 43-46.
GoodKnight, Glen H. Founder’s Focus. 46.
Poems
Haynes, Renee. “The High Towers of Lorraine.” 6.
Christopher, Joe R. “Endymion.” 19.
Ellwood, Gracia Fay. “Star Calls.” 46.
Art
| Patrick Dengate | 23 |
| Charlie Dye | 14, 29 |
| Bonnie GoodKnight | 11, 24, 27, 39 |
| Annette Harper | cover, 12, 32 |
| Mary Ann Hodge | 46; Calligraphy: 6 |
| Michael Logan | 30 |
| R. Patrick McCabe | 20, 34, back cover |
| Thadara Ottobris | 16, 17, 18, 31, 38, 40 |
| Diana Paxson | 25, 26, 42 |
| Kelley Wickham | 28 |
- Cover: Annette Harper, “Galadriel.”
- Back Cover: R. Patrick McCabe, “The Lord Brandoch Daha of Demonland.”
- Page 20: R. Patrick McCabe, “Queen Sophonisba.”
- Page 32: Annette Harper, “The Conception of Merlin.”
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