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Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This course explores the life and writings of C.S. Lewis and considers why Lewis' works have continued to gain in power and popularity over the last half-century. It also surveys some of the events and people that shaped his thought and his works. His various roles and contributions are examined sequentially , first as apologist, then academic scholar and finally as novelist .
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In this course, Wheaton College professor Michael D.C. Drout examines the roots of fantasy and the works that have defined the genre, providing insight into beloved works and a better understanding of why fantasy is such a pervasive force in modern culture.
Author
Publisher
National Endowment for the Arts
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) is arguably the most widely admired American fantasy novel of the past fifty years. The book's elegant diction, geographical sweep, and mounting suspense are quite irresistible. Earthsea, composed of an archipelago of many islands, is a land of the imagination, like Oz, Faerie,...