A scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature
Mythlore 20 Volume 6, Issue 2 (purchase below)
1979 Spring, 47 pages
Table of Contents
Articles
Wallace, James P. “Notes on Parzifal as the Holy Fool.” 3-6.
Brenion, Antoinette H. “Heraldry in the Arthuriad: A Brief Survey.” 7-9.
Slater, Ian Myles. “Bibliographic Note to ‘Heraldry in the Arthuriad: A Brief Survey.’” 9, 38.
St. Clair, Gloriana.” The Lord of the Rings as Saga.” 11-16.
Kawano, Roland M. “C.S. Lewis and the Transcendence of Irony.” 17-20.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou. “The Jewels of Messias: Images of Judaism and Antisemitism in the Novels of Charles Williams.” 27-31.
Pace, David Paul. “The Influence of Vergil’s Aeneid on The Lord of the Rings.” 37-38.
Poems
McMurdo, Ian. “Lion of Judah.” 24.
Boenig, Robert. “Launcelot Running.” 36.
Features
Letters. 21+.
Ellwood, Gracia Fay. Editorial. 26.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou. “Wild Lemon and Cotton Candy.” Review of A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken. 32.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou. “Leafing through Lewis.” Review of The Joyful Christian by C.S. Lewis. 32.
Ellwood, Robert S., Jr. “Histories of Two Realms.” Review of Science Fiction: An Illustrated History by Sam J. Lundwall; The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History from Dracula to Tolkien by Franz Rottensteiner. 33.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou. “Light-Weight Lightening.” Review of Lightening From a Clear Sky by Richard Mathews. 34.
Patterson, Nancy-Lou. “A Ring of Inklings.” Review of The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter. 34.
Nicholson, Daile. “Halfway to Narnia: Television Tames Aslan.” Review of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Bill Melendez Productions, 1979. 35.
Christopher, Joe R. “An Inklings Bibliography (9).” 40-46.
Speth, Lee. Cavalier Treatment: “A Connecticut Yankee in Gormanghast.” 46-47.
Art
| Elizabeth Best | 10 |
| Louis D. Dwarshuis | 14 |
| Stephen P. Gaddis | back cover |
| Joanne Gari | 16 |
| Mary Jane Johnson | 29, 35, 42, 45 |
| Tim Kirk | cover |
| Michael Logan | 24-25* (art, calligraphy); Calligraphy: 36 |
| Thadara Ottobris | 5, 6, 41 |
| John Pivovarnick | 12, 24-25* (art), 28 |
| Valerie Protopapas | 8, 9, 13, 19, 31, 33 |
| Susie Radiche | 20 |
| S. Ronson | 4 |
| Lee Speth | 22 |
- Cover: Tim Kirk, “The Old Hermit” from The Wood Beyond the World.
- Back Cover: Stephen P. Gaddis, “Riding the Hippogriff.”
- Page 10: Elizabeth Best, “Eowyn at Meduseld.”
- Page 31: Valerie Protopaps, “Gandalf.” Reprinted from Frodo Fortnightly #50 by permission of the National Tolkien League.
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