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| Mythlore 144 | |
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| Publication Information | |
| Editor | Janet Brennan Croft |
| Publisher | Mythopoeic Society |
| Released | Spring/Summer 2024 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 266 |
| Preceded by | Mythlore 143 |
| Followed by | Mythlore 145 |
Mythlore 144 (Volume 42, Issue 2) is an issue of the Mythlore journal, published by the Mythopoeic Society. This special issue is focused on the theme of "Fantasy Goes to Hell".
Contents
Articles
- Harrison, Perry Neil. "Tolkien, Augustinian Theodicy, and 'Lovecraftian' Evil."
- Bergen, Richard A. "Substance Abuse: The Symbolic Geography of Hell in The Great Divorce."
- Murdoch, Brian O. "Denial and Acceptance: A Core Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in the Modern Lyric."
- Costabile, Giovanni Carmine. "Orpheus and the Harrowing of Hell in the Tale of Beren and Lúthien."
- DePrado, Jarrod. "Two Roads to Hell: Rebirth and Relevance in Musical Adaptations of Katabatic Myth."
- Peralta, Camilo. "Timeless Moments: Russell Kirk, Charles Williams, and Stephen King on the Afterlife."
- Caterino, Anna. "Hell on His Mind: Dean Winchester’s Journey to Hell and Back."
- Larsen, Kristine. "‘Hell is only a word. The reality is much, much worse’: Black Holes as Fantasy Gateways to Hell."
- Rutledge, Zachary. "Hell as an Exploration of Sin: A Comparison of Alan Moore’s Providence to Dante’s Inferno."
Features
- Croft, Janet Brennan and Erin Giannini. Introduction to Special Issue: Fantasy Goes to Hell.
- Oser, Lee. "Dating The Dark Tower."
- Salter, G. Connor. "Whatever Happened to The Princess Bride?: Thoughts for Further William Goldman Research."
- Thompson-Handell, Matthew. "Some Observations on the Newspaper Reports on Tolkien’s Andrew Lang lecture in 1939."
- Croft, Janet Brennan. In Memoriam: Peter J. Schakel.
- Croft, Janet Brennan. In Memoriam: Richard Plotz.
Reviews
- Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny by William Lindsay Gresham. Reviewed by G. Connor Salter.
- Fantasy: How It Works by Brian Attebery. Reviewed by Glenn Gray.
- Tarot and Other Meditation Decks: History, Theory, Aesthetics, Typology, 2nd edition by Emily E. Auger. Reviewed by Laurel Stevens.
- The Archetype of the Dying and Rising God in World Mythology by Paul R. Rovang. Reviewed by James Hamby.
- The Inklings, The Victorians, and The Moderns: Reconciling Tradition in the Modern Age by Christopher Butynskyi. Reviewed by Hannah Frances Roux.
- Essays Triologue: Kepler, Twain, Lewis by Susan Dorman. Reviewed by Sharon L. Bolding.
- Pursuing an Earthly Spirituality: C.S. Lewis and Incarnational Faith by Gary S. Selby. Reviewed by Sarah O'Dell.
- The Literary Tarot, The Literary Classics Edition Guidebook, and Oracle's Atlas: A Companion to The Literary Tarot Classics Edition from the Brink Literacy Project. Reviewed by Emily E. Auger.
- The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman: From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty by Shiloh Carroll. Reviewed by Kris Swank.
- J.R.R. Tolkien in Central Europe: Context, Directions, and the Legacy edited by Janka Kascakova and David Levente Palatinus. Reviewed by Nancy Martsch.
- Tolkien in the Twenty-First Century: The Meaning of Middle-Earth Today by Nick Groom. Reviewed by Laura N. Van Dyke.
- Ursula K. Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea”: A Critical Companion by Timothy S. Miller, and Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea by John Plotz. Reviewed by David Bratman.
- Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C.S. Lewis & His Favorite Book by James Como. Reviewed by Eleanor Knobil.
- A Joyful Outpost: Exploring the Household Economy of the Beavers from The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by Aaron Bair. Reviewed by Josiah Peterson.
- Journey Back Again: Reasons to Visit Middle-earth, edited by Diana Pavlac Glyer. Reviewed by Kristine Larsen.
- J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy by Robert T. Tally Jr. Reviewed by Bianca L. Beronio.
- Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, 2nd ed., edited by Allen Stroud. Reviewed by Douglas A. Anderson.
- Briefly Noted: 101 Middle Eastern Tales and their Impact on Western Oral Tradition by Ulrich Marzolph. Reviewed by Daniel C. Snell.
- Briefly Noted: The Road to Fair Elfland: Tolkien on Fairy-stories: An Extended Commentary by Giovanni Carmine Costabile. Reviewed by Landon Loftin.