Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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28 October 2016

'For some the only glimpse. For some the awaking.'

Titania, Queen of the Fairies -- C. Wilhelm 'It's a trap!' said Sam, and he laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword; a...

18 October 2016

C S Lewis Not Quite Discussing Neil Gaiman's American Gods

"Because the 18th century was fond of personifying abstractions ('Corruption has seized the provinces' etc.) and because ...

16 October 2016

As One That Returneth from the Dead (The Lost Road V.283)

Recently I was listening to Mythgard 's podcast on The Lost Road and I was struck by the following passage: Maidros the chief of...

13 October 2016

Hob Hayward, Robin Smallburrow, and the Words of Gildor Inglorion

In her preface to The Vanishing People Katherine M. Briggs writes: Theological differences sometimes entered into fairylore. Fo...

26 September 2016

These Are Not The Elves You're Looking For. (I)

Cover Image © John Howe Last year several friends asked me to join them in writing an article for a festschrift to honor the schola...

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