Volume 38, Number 2 Number 136, Spring 2020 (2020)
Mythlore is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal published by the Mythopoeic Society that focuses on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and the genres of myth and fantasy. The full text of Mythlore from 2002 onward is available in several electronic databases from Gale, Ebsco, and ProQuest. Mythlore is also indexed in the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, the Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA), and other sources.
See the Aims and Scope for the statement of editorial purpose of the journal.
Editorial Introduction
Articles
"Written by the Finger of God": C.S. Lewis and Historical Judgement
Phillip 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
Notes and Letters
In Memoriam: Marquette Memories of Christopher Tolkien
William M. Fliss
In Memoriam: The Last Inkling
John Rateliff
Review Essay
The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton
Barbara L. Prescott
Book Reviews
Tolkien and the Classics
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
Re-Envisioning Mythopoeia by Nancy-Lou Patterson, edited by Emily E. Auger
and Janet Brennan Croft
Kris Swank
Informing the Inklings: George Macdonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy,
edited by Michael Partridge and Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson
Tiffany Brooke Martin
Briefly Noted
Janet Brennan Croft
Editor
- Janet Brennan Croft, Rutgers University
- Phillip Fitzsimmons, Administrator of Mythlore and Society Archives, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- Verlyn Flieger, University of Maryland, College Park
- Charles Huttar, Hope College
- Peter J. Schakel, Hope College
- Rev. John W. Houghton, The Hill School, Pottstown
- Richard C. West, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Donna R. White, Arkansas Tech University
- Christopher Vaccaro, University of Vermont
