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| Discipline | Tolkien studies,fantasy,fanzine |
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| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1969-present |
| Publisher | Mythopoeic Society (United States) |
| Frequency | Biannually |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Mythlore |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0146-9339 |
| OCLC no. | 751166319 |
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Mythlore is a biannual (originally quarterly)peer-reviewedacademic journal founded byGlen GoodKnight and published by theMythopoeic Society.[1][2][3] Although it publishes articles that explore thegenres ofmyth andfantasy in general, special attention is given to the three most prominent members of theInklings:J. R. R. Tolkien,C. S. Lewis, andCharles Williams.[4][5] The currenteditor-in-chief is the Tolkien scholarJanet Brennan Croft.[6]The Tolkien Society describesMythlore as a "refereed scholarly journal".[7]
Mythlore appeared in January 1969 under the editorship ofGlen H. GoodKnight, founder of theMythopoeic Society. Early issues werefanzines, albeit with a "sercon" ("serious and constructive") bent; for a time it included alternate issues ofMythprint.[8]Mythlore became apeer-reviewed journal beginning with issue #85 (Winter 1999), under the editorship of Theodore Sherman. Since 2006, it has been edited by the Tolkien scholarJanet Brennan Croft.[9][6]
The full text ofMythlore from 2002 onward is available inExpanded Academic ASAP.Mythlore is also indexed in the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, theModern Language Association International Bibliography, and other sources. An agreement withJSTOR 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 It has been superseded by an electronic index updated twice a year and available for free download from the journal's website.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 withSouthwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) Library.[10]
Tolkien Journal was an early "sercon" which was absorbed intoMythlore. It was started by New York Tolkien Society founderRichard 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 theMythopoeic Society and ofTolkien Journal withMythlore.[11] When GoodKnight became editor withMythlore #12, the newInklings-related subtitle "A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams Studies" replacedTolkien Journal on the table of contents page.[12]
A scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of mythopoeic literature
She edits the refereed scholarly journal Mythlore
