The current Chesterton Review (link above) is totally dedicated to Fairy Tales and Fantasy Literature. There is even an article by one of my favorite authors, Regina Doman, who was interviewed in Gilbert Magazine (and the interview is available on line at the Gilbert web site). Regina talks about how she came to write her teen novels, which is fascinating, because at the Brown household, we are big fans of her writing. So, to read this "How I Came to Write My Novels" article is like getting the DVD Extras when you purchase a favorite movie.
Another favorite writer, Stratford Caldecott has and article titled, "Tolkien's Elvish England" and his wife Leonie has two articles, "Surprised by Joy: Children's Literature and the Search for Meaning" (I can't wait to read that!) and "Transcending the Cave: Fantasy Film as Philosophical and Spiritual Reflection." (The PCers would say "transcending the Prehistoric" instead I suppose.)
It's a great feeling when a magazine like this arrives, and you can't wait to read every article, and you know each one will bring new insights and mind boggling ideas. Ahhh, contentment. I guess heaven for me is just going to be stacks and stacks of Chesterton magazines, huh?!
Monday, January 09, 2006
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It's a great feeling when a magazine like this arrives, and you can't wait to read every article, and you know each one will bring new insights and mind boggling ideas.
ReplyDeleteHow about "mind blogging ideas"? ;)
Does anyone write about Harry Potter and if so, are they right or wrong about him?
Oh, I want a copy!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, it is obvious neither of you has a subscription, that can be remedied at the site linked to the "Fairy Tales" title.
ReplyDeleteChestertonian: YES! Leonie Caldecott writes a wonderful article, which I mentioned, called Surprised by Joy, in which she explains the imagery used in Harry very well. You would like it.
There is an article called "A Landscape with Angels" which I thought might have been one to write for Harry, but it wasn't.
There's another article called: "Prolegomena to Mythopoeic Fantasy" and it might take me a long time just to figure out what the title means.
I had a subscription for a while, but let it lapse. As the editor of the only other magazine in the United States devoted to GKC, I should be getting a comp subscription from those guys (said the really cheap GM editor.) ;)
ReplyDeleteRegina is priceless. If there is any justice in the world, her book Angel in the Waters will earn enough money to put all her kids through college (and that's a LOT of kids). Ben Hatke's kids too, as he did the book's wonderful illustrations.
And hold on to your hat, Nancy, because the next issue of GM will be going to press in a few days, giving you even more great stuff to read.