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The Effect of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Mythopoeia
I am often asked what brought me into the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. While I do love the books, it wasn’t Narnia that first captured my imagination as a thinker. It wasn’t even the world of Middle … Continue reading
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Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, heroic couplet, Hugo Dyson, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Middle Earth, mythmaking, Mythopoie, writing
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What Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress Teaches us about English and Education
One of my first posts on A Pilgrim in Narnia was the confession that I had not really ever read John Bunyan’s classic The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678). I’m pretty sure I had pretended to read it. I had played the … Continue reading
“Exegesis of the Soul” A Reflective Response to Frederick Buechner’s Memoirs
C.S. Lewis was part of a WWII-era literary group called the Inklings that included authors like J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Roger Lancelyn Green. Among those that I might consider “Honourary Inklings,” Frederick Buechner has, for me, pride of place. … Continue reading
Shaking Off the Ailments of a Troublesome Term
C.S. Lewis begins a March 31, 1928 letter to his father: “I have succeeded, at last, in shaking off the ailments of one of the most troublesome terms I have yet had.” As I read that line I immediately understood … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Exhaustion, Marking Papers, Reading, Teaching, University, writing
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“Habemas Papem!” C.S. Lewis on Catholicism
Today’s election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as Pope Francis I has any of us with even the slimmest connection to Roman Catholicism tapping on our iPhones or opening up TweetDeck. It has been a wonderful clash of … Continue reading
Free Like Form: Thinking about Human Freedom and Poetic Form
I have already admitted that I am not much of a poet, and I have even less right to be thinking about poetry criticism. But allow me to transgress my obvious limits for in a moment and attempt a thought … Continue reading
A Read-Aloud Post for World Read Aloud Day: Reading the Hobbit
March 6th is World Read Aloud Day! I wrote a read-aloud post last fall for the Hobbit Read-Along, a merry fellowship of nine writers. When I began the blog project, I didn’t account for the fact that I would be reading … Continue reading
Be Careful What You Read… C.S. Lewis’ Literary Encounter with George MacDonald
Perhaps one of C.S. Lewis’ more famous—or infamous—quotations is this: “A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading” (Surprised by Joy, 182). Hidden in this 20th century tweet is the idea … Continue reading
