Mythlore 132
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| Mythlore 132, Volume 36, Issue 2 |
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| Editor: Janet Brennan Croft |
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| Publisher: Mythopoeic Society |
| Released: Spring/Summer 2018 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Pages: 266 |
Mythlore 132 (Volume 36, Issue 2) is an issue of the Mythlore journal, published by the Mythopoeic Society.
Contents[edit | edit source]
Articles[edit | edit source]
- Monk, Patricia. "Tyrion Lannister: A Fulcrum of Balance in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire."
- Bogiaris, Guillaume. "'Love of Knowledge is a Kind of Madness': Competing Platonisms in the Universes of C.S. Lewis and H.P. Lovecraft."
- Prescott, Barbara L. "Allegorical Reference to Oxford University through Classical Myth in the Early Poetry of Dorothy L. Sayers: A Reading of 'Alma Mater' from OP.I.."
- Holdier, A.G. "On Superhero Stories: The Marvel Cinematic Universe as Tolkienesque Fantasy."
- Costabile, Giovanni Carmine. "Bilbo Baggins and the Forty Thieves: The Reworking of Folktale Motifs in The Hobbit (and The Lord of the Rings)."
Features[edit | edit source]
- Croft, Janet Brennan. Editorial.
- Bratman, David. Ursula K. Le Guin: an appreciation.
- Croft, Janet Brennan. Ursula K. Le Guin in Mythlore.
Art[edit | edit source]
- "The Valley of the Na" from Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home. Illustrated by Pat Wynne, first published in Mythlore #56.
- "The Fool unmoored from gravity." from Cover of Mythcon II Proceedings, 1971. Illustrated by unknown artist.
- "The Great Web" from Arthur Rosengarten's Tarot of the Nine Paths: Advanced Tarot for the Spiritual Traveler. Illustrated by Arthur Rosengarten.
Reviews[edit | edit source]
- J.R.R. Tolkien, Romanticist and Poet. Julian Eilmann. Translated by Evelyn Koch. Reviewed by Kris Swank.
- C.S. Lewis and Christian Postmodernism: Word, Image, and Beyond. Kyoko Yuasa. Reviewed by Peter G. Epps.
- Owen Barfield: Philosophy, Poetry, and Theology. Michael Vincent Di Fuccia. Reviewed by Tiffany Brooke Martin.
- Scotland's Forgotten Treasure: The Visionary Romances of George MacDonald. Colin Manlove. Reviewed by Bonnie Gaarden.
- English People. Owen Barfield; Narnia and the Fields of Arbol. Matthew Dickerson and David O'Hara; and The Mythic Dimension. Joseph Campbell. Reviewed by Phillip Fitzsimmons.
- C.S. Lewis and the Art of Writing: What the Essayist, Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic, Apologist, Memoirist, Theologian Teaches Us about the Life and Craft of Writing. Corey Latta. Reviewed by Tiffany Brooke Martin.
- C.S. Lewis and the Arts: Creativity in the Shadowlands. Ed. Rod Miller. Reviewed by Michael D. Prevett.
- Game of Thrones Versus History: Written in Blood. Brian Pavlac. Reviewed by Joseph Young.
- Detecting Wimsey: Papers on Dorothy L. Sayer's Detective Fiction. Nancy-Lou Patterson. Ed. Emily E. Auger and Janet Brennan Croft. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.
- Goddess and Grail: The Battle for Arthur's Promised Land. Jeffrey John Dixon. Reviewed by Kris Swank.
Special Section on Divination in Fantasy[edit | edit source]
- Auger, Emily E. “Editorial: Divination and Prophecy in Mythopoeic Literature [Article].”
- Matthews, Carol S. “Letting Sleeping Abnormalities Lie: Lovecraft and the Futility of Divination [Article].”
- Auger, Emily E. “Tarot and T.S. Eliot in Stephen King's Dark Tower Novels [Article].”
- Laity, K. A. “The Unlikely Milliner & The Magician of Threadneedle-Street [Article].”
- Auger, Emily E. “An Annotated List of Fantasy Novels Incorporating Tarot (1968-1989) [Notes].”
- Tredray, Robert F. “Divination and Prophecy in JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Some Observations [Notes].”
- Swain, Larry. “Divination and Human Nature [Review],” by Peter T. Struck.
- Auger, Emily E. “Tarot of the Future: Raising Spiritual Consciousness [Review],” by Arthur Rosengarten.
