Editing Mythlore

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{{Infobox journal
| title        = Mythlore
| cover        = File:Mythlore_136_cover.gif
| discipline   = [[Tolkien studies]], [[fantasy]], [[science fiction fanzine|fanzine]]
| abbreviation = Mythlore
| publisher    = [[Mythopoeic Society]]
| country      = United States
| frequency    = Biannually
| history      = 1969-present
| openaccess   =
| website      = http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore.htm
| ISSN         = 0146-9339
| OCLC         = 751166319
}}
'''''Mythlore''''' is a biannual (originally quarterly) [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] founded by [[Glen GoodKnight]] and published by the [[Mythopoeic Society]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Series: Mythlore |url=https://www.librarything.com/series/Mythlore |website=Librarything |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mythlore |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore.htm |publisher=[[Mythopoeic Society]] |access-date=25 January 2021 |quote=A scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mythlore, Journal of The Mythopoeic Society |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/eb6cae9c-3992-4951-86bf-255b0d2d9d6e |publisher=National Archives |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> Although it publishes articles that explore the [[genre]]s of [[Mythology|myth]] and [[fantasy]] in general, special attention is given to the three most prominent members of the [[Inklings]]: [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], [[C. S. Lewis]], and [[Charles Williams (UK writer)|Charles Williams]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Barella |first=Cecilia |editor-last=Drout |editor-first=Michael D. C. |editor-link=Michael D. C. Drout |title=Tolkien Scholarship: Institutions |encyclopedia=[[The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia|The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]] |year=2013 |orig-year=2007 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-0-415-86511-1 |page=658 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mythlore |url=https://duotrope.com/listing/21225/mythlore |publisher=Duotrope |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> The current [[editor-in-chief]] is the Tolkien scholar [[Janet Brennan Croft]].<ref name=ZFF/> [[The Tolkien Society]] describes ''Mythlore'' as a "refereed scholarly journal".<ref>{{cite web |title=Mallorn Editorial Board |date=12 September 2020 |url=https://www.tolkiensociety.org/society/publications/mallorn/mallorn-editorial-board/ |publisher=[[The Tolkien Society]] |access-date=28 September 2020 |quote=She edits the refereed scholarly journal Mythlore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928194614/https://www.tolkiensociety.org/society/publications/mallorn/mallorn-editorial-board/ |archive-date=28 September 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==

''Mythlore'' appeared in January 1969 under the editorship of [[Glen H. GoodKnight]], founder of the [[Mythopoeic Society]]. Early issues were [[science fiction fanzine|fanzines]], albeit with a "[[sercon]]" ("serious and constructive") bent; for a time it included alternate issues of ''Mythprint''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mythlore |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2443689 |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> ''Mythlore'' became a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] journal beginning with issue #85 (Winter 1999), under the editorship of Theodore Sherman. Since 2006, it has been edited by the Tolkien scholar [[Janet Brennan Croft]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mythsoc.org/MLhist.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213161317/http://www.mythsoc.org/MLhist.html|url-status=dead|title=''Mythlore'' Publishing History|archivedate=December 13, 2006}}</ref><ref name=ZFF>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LGmdAPdwDgC&q=Mythlore&pg=PA68 |title=Die aktuelle Tolkienforschung im Überblick: Personen – Organisationen – Verlage – Werke |trans-title=A Survey of Research on Tolkien: People – Organisations – Publishers – Works |language=de |last1=Weinreich |first1=Frank |last2=Honegger |first2=Thomas |author2-link=Thomas Honegger |pages=63–89 |journal=Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung |year=2011 |issue=2 |isbn=9783643998880 }}</ref>

The full text of ''Mythlore'' from 2002 onward is available in [[Expanded Academic ASAP]]. ''Mythlore'' is also indexed in the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, the [[Modern Language Association]] International Bibliography, and other sources. An agreement with [[JSTOR]] was announced in 2019. A detailed index (with abstracts) to issues 1-100 was published in January 2008 by The Mythopoeic Press. It has been superseded by an electronic index updated twice a year and available for free download from the journal's website. The journal became online open-access in 2017, and dropped its protection of articles less than one year old in 2019; back issues are available online through an arrangement with [[Southwestern Oklahoma State University]] (SWOSU) Library.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mythlore |url=https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/ |publisher=[[SWOSU]] |access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref>

'''''Tolkien Journal'''''<!--redirects here--> was an early "sercon" which was absorbed into ''Mythlore''. It was started by New York Tolkien Society founder [[Richard Plotz]] in 1965. Dick Plotz stepped down after issue #8 and Ed Meškys took over the society and the journal. In issue #15, Meškys announced the permanent merger of the Tolkien Society of America with the [[Mythopoeic Society]] and of ''Tolkien Journal'' with ''Mythlore''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mythlore A scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature: Tolkien Journal |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/tolkien-journal.htm |publisher=Mythopoeic Society |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref> When GoodKnight became editor with ''Mythlore'' #12, the new [[Inklings]]-related subtitle "A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams Studies" replaced ''Tolkien Journal'' on the table of contents page.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mythsoc.org/tolkien-journal.htm |title=Tolkien Journal |publisher=[[Mythopoeic Society]]}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Tolkien Studies]]''

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051027044212/http://www.mythsoc.org/mythlore.html  Mythopoeic Society ''Mythlore'' pages]
*[https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/ ''Mythlore'' Online Archive at SWOSU] (free download)
*[https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol37/iss2/2/ Full history of ''Mythlore'' and ''Tolkien Journal,''] with checklist of published issues.

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