Issue 5
Tolkien, Myth, and Fantasy: Verlyn Flieger Interview
Verlyn Flieger is an author, editor, and English professor at the University of Maryland. Randy spoke with her about J.R.R. Tolkien’s impact on mythological studies and fantasy literature.
Priscilla looks at the “hero’s journey” pattern as Joseph Campbell described it, exploring the prominent place it held in his writings and the psychological function he thought it could still fulfill in our modern world.
Laura continues her series on religious uses of Aesopic material, looking at an anecdote that made its way into the writings of the Sufi mystical poet Rumi.