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Interview with Deborah Cates
No full textDeborah Cates
Resident of Camargo, OK
Interviewed on July 11, 2024.
Interviewed at the Minnie R. Slief Library in Cheyenne, OK
The Inconsistencies of Galadriel: The Influence of Earlier Legendarium in \u3ci\u3eThe Lord of the Rings\u3c/i\u3e
Get PDFExplores how various tales of the earlier legendarium (History of Middle-earth, vol. 1-5) influence The Lord of the Rings’s development. The connection stretches beyond the obvious adoption of previously composed myths to self-borrowing of settings and characters. In particular, analyzes the character of Galadriel, who often seems to parallel Melian, another Lady of the Wood. Though potentially a composite of many influences, Galadriel was written quickly as if its author followed an already fixed model. But her story contains what Chirstopher Tolkien called severe inconsistencies suggesting that this model was not fully aligned with the narrative, i.e. originated in a different character such as Melian
A Bleak, Barren Take: A Response to “Women and Fertility in \u3ci\u3eThe Lord of the Rings\u3c/i\u3e”
Get PDFA response to Dylan Henderson\u27s article on Women and Fertility in The Lord of the Rings (#142), highlighting some of the problematic ecocritical and gender essentialist premises of his argument
\u3ci\u3eThe Literary Role of History in the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien\u3c/i\u3e, by Nicholas Birns
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Vol. 34, No. 5 - Whole No. 182
Get PDFMythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups
Vol. 34, No. 9 - Whole No. 186
Get PDFMythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups
Vol. 19, No. 4 - Whole No. 23
Get PDFMythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups
Vol. 36, No. 2 - Whole No. 203
Get PDFMythprint is the monthly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local and written discussion groups