Mythlore 136 Volume 38, Issue 2

Spring/Summer 2020     (purchase below)

Table of Contents

Editorial
— Janet Brennan Croft

“Written by the Finger of God”: C.S. Lewis and Historical Judgment
— Philip Irving Mitchell

The ‘Wyrdwrīteras’ of Elvish History: Northern Courage, Historical Bias, and Literary Artifact as Illustrative Narrative
— Richard Z. Gallant

The Unicorn as the Embodiment of the Numinous in the Works of Peter S. Beagle
— Weronika Łaszkiewicz

Fearless Joy: Tom Bombadil’s Function in The Lord of the Rings
— Robert B. Chapman-Morales

Tolkien’s Tom Bombadil: An Enigma “(Intentionally)”
— Suzanne Jacobs

What the Riddle-Makers Have Hidden Behind the Fire of a Dragon
— Laurence Smith

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Notes and Letters

• In Memoriam: Marquette Memories of Christopher Tolkien, William M. Fliss
• In Memoriam: The Last Inkling, John Rateliff
• Lupin’s First Lesson: An Example of Excellent Teaching, Joshua Cole
• Inklings and Danteans Alike: C.S. Lewis, Colin Hardie, Charles Williams, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Participation in the Oxford Dante Society, Jim Stockton
• An Annotated List of Fantasy Novels Incorporating Tarot (1990-2005), Emily E. Auger

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Review essay

• The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women, by Mo Moulton — Barbara Prescott

Reviews

• Tolkien and the Classics, edited by Robert Arduini, et al. — Willow DiPasquale
• Inklings of Truth: Essays to Mark the Anniversaries of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Paul Shrimpton — Austin Freeman
• Celtic Myth in the 21st Century: The Gods And Their Stories in a Global Perspective, edited by Emily Lyle — Maria Alberto
• Tolkien’s Library: An Annotated Checklist, by Oronzo Cilli — Andoni Cossio
• Re-Envisioning Mythopoeia, by Nancy-Lou Patterson, edited by Emily E. Auger and Janet Brennan Croft — Kris Swank
• Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia, by Joseph Pearce — Chad Chisholm
• Tolkien And Philosophy, edited by Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi — David Emerson
• Informing the Inklings: George Macdonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy, edited by Michael Partridge and Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson — Tiffany Brooke Martin
• “Something Has Gone Crack”: New Perspectives on J.R.R. Tolkien in the Great War, edited by Janet Brennan Croft and Annika Röttinger — James Prothero
• Tractacus de deificatione sexdecim heroum per Martianum de Sancto Alosio / A Treatise on the Deification of Sixteen Heroes by Marziano Da Sant’ Alosio, with text, translation, introduction, and notes by Ross G.R. Caldwell and Marco Ponzi; The Marziano Tarot The Oldest Known Tarot Deck Conceived by Marziano da Tortona first created by Michelino da Besozzo in Milan between 1412 and 1425; con gli occhi et con l’intelletto / Explaining the Tarot in Sixteenth Century Italy, translation and commentary by Ross Sinclair Caldwell, Thierry Depaulis, and Marco Ponzi — Emily E. Auger
• Becoming C.S. Lewis: A Biography of Young Jack Lewis (1898-1918), by Harry Lee Poe — Andrew C. Stout
• Briefly Noted: The Wanderer’s Hávámal, translated by Jackson Crawford; Cinderella across Cultures: New Directions and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère et al.; A Palace of Pearls: The Stories of Reb Nachman of Bratslav, retold by Howard Schwartz; Electra: A Gender Sensitive Study of the Plays Based on the Myth, by Batya Casper; Forschungsdrang und Rollenspiel: Motivgeschichtliche Betrachtungen zum Fantasy-Rollenspiel Das Schwarze Auge, edited by Stefan Donecker et al. — Janet Brennan Croft

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