Orcrist 3

Orcrist no.3 / Tolkien Journal Vol. 4 no. 1
Editor	Richard C. West (Art Editor: Glen GoodKnight)
Publisher	Madison: University of Wisconsin J.R.R. Tolkien Society
Released	1969/1970
Format	Magazine
ISBN	None

Orcrist 3 / Tolkien Journal Vol. 4 no. 1 is an issue of the journal Orcrist and the Tolkien Journal (Tolkien Journal whole number 11).

The front cover features the illustration "The Hornberg in Helm's Deep" by Tim Kirk.

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Contents

Dedication: For Deborah Webster: critic, composer, poet: who has heard the horns of elfland

• Introduction (editorial) pp. 2-4
• "The Genre of The Lord of the Rings" -- Alexis Levitin (pp. 4-8, 23)
• "Contemporary Medieval Authors" -- Richard C. West (pp. 9-10, 15) [on J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and T. H. White]
• "Hobbits: Common Lens for Heroic Experience" -- David M. Miller (pp. 11-15)
• "Tolkien and Coleridge" -- Clyde S. Kilby (pp. 16-19) [Rime of the Ancient Mariner]
• "At the Back of the North Wind: George MacDonald: A Centennial Appreciation" -- Glenn E. Sadler (pp. 20-22)
• "An Annotated Bibliography of Tolkien Criticism, Supplement Two" -- Richard West (pp. 22-23)

• Illustrations
  • George Barr - pp. 4, 7, 9, 10
  • Bonnie Bergstrom - pp. 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 24
  • Steve Fabian - p. 3
  • Tim Kirk - pp. 3, 14, 16
  • Bruce McMenomy - pp. 2, 15, 19
  • Diana Paxson - p. 20
  • Bernie Zuber - pp. 12, 13

• Lettering
  • George Barr - p. 9
  • Bruce McMenomy - pp. 2, 4, 11, 16, 20, 22