-
The Web of Exchanges
Seek and Ye Shall Find
- A. E. Waite Amen House Arthuriana bibliography bio biographies book summaries Brenton Dickieson C.S. Lewis CFP Chapel of the Thorn Chesterton co-inherence creative writing Descent Into Hell detective fiction Doctor Who events Grevel Lindop guest post Harry Potter Hobbit Hopkins influences Inklings Inspector Lewis Islam J.R.R. Tolkien linguistics literary theory London love magic Michal Middle-earth modernism movies mystery mysticism Mythcon Mythgard networking news novels Owen Barfield Oxford Oxford University Press Phyllis Place of the Lion plays poetry problems racism reblogs resources Romantic Theology Rosicruciana Rosy Cross schism science fiction Sehnsucht Shakespeare Sherlock Holmes Signum U Star Wars Taliesin through Logres Taliessin through Logres the City themes theology the two ways time true myth war works
-
Posts at Present
- Choose King Arthur’s Cover!
- Mind the Gap: Where Scholarship on C.S. Lewis and other Wade Authors needs some Filling-In
- Signum University Fall Registration
- Wanted: Fantasy/Science Fiction/Pop Culture Preceptor
- Shadows of Shadows of Ecstasy: An Irresponsible Suggestion about Charles Williams’ First Novel
Posts of the Past
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
-
- 93,340 hits
Tag Archives: Oxford University Press
CW Made Something Shorter?!
Charles Williams Book Summary #29: The Story of Shakespeare [the numbers are messed up, because I haven’t always blogged books in order. See THE INDEX for a tidy list] In 1930, Oxford UP’s Clarendon Press published Sir Edmund Chambers’ massive, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Summaries
Tagged book summaries, literary theory, Oxford University Press, Shakespeare
6 Comments
Almost a Great Poet: CW Edits Gerard Manley’s Hopkins
In 1930, Robert Bridges asked Charles Williams to edit and introduce a second edition of the poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. He did, and it was published by Oxford University Press. Williams wrote of Hopkins’s work: “It is arguable that … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged editing, Hopkins, influences, Oxford University Press, poetry
5 Comments
Charles Williams and Robert Bridges and Some Reflections on Poetry: Guest Post by Jared Lobdell
Here is the first half of a two-part guest post by Jared Lobdell. Jared is the editor of Detective Fiction Reviews of Charles Williams (McFarland, 2003); the Chairman of Papers & Panels for MythCon 1987; author/editor of three books on … Continue reading
Meta-Textual Tedium: “Poetry at Present”
Charles Williams Book Summary #16: Poetry at Present (1930) In 1930, CW published his first work of literary criticism: Poetry at Present. He had recently released A Myth of Shakespeare, which was his first market success (on a very modest … Continue reading
Posted in Book Summaries
Tagged book summaries, literary theory, Oxford University Press, works
4 Comments
Theologies of Work: Guest Post by Michael Paulus
Today’s post follows chronologically and logically after the recent series on “Office Drama,” about CW’s “Masques of Amen House.” I am delighted to share with you this guest post by Michael J. Paulus, Jr. Michael J. Paulus, Jr., is University … Continue reading
Posted in Arthuriana, Guest Post
Tagged Amen House, Oxford University Press, plays, the City, theology
1 Comment
Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 3
Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 3 The Masque of the Termination of Copyright Over the last two weeks, I wrote about the first play in this collection, The Masque of the Manuscript, and the second play, The … Continue reading
Posted in Book Summaries
Tagged Amen House, book summaries, Oxford University Press, plays, works
2 Comments
Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 2
Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 2 The Masque of Perusal In the 1920s, CW wrote several plays for performance at his workplace, the London offices of Oxford University Press, located at Amen House. Before reading this post, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Summaries
Tagged Amen House, book summaries, Oxford University Press, Phyllis, plays, works
1 Comment
Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 1
Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 1 The Masque of the Manuscript In the 1920s, CW wrote several plays for performance at his workplace, the London offices of Oxford University Press, located at Amen House. Before reading this … Continue reading
Posted in Book Summaries
Tagged Amen House, book summaries, Oxford University Press, Phyllis, plays, works
2 Comments
“Nor Fish Nor Flesh”: Gerry Hopkins Tells All
Life is far stranger than fiction. Life narrated in fiction in even stranger. You might not believe the following story (I scarcely do myself), but it is “true,” in some sense or other. Ready? Sometime around 1926, CW fell in … Continue reading
Making A Myth: “Amen House Poems”
Charles Williams Summary #9: “Amen House Poems” and “An Urbanity” Before reading this post, I recommend that you read these: All’s Fair in Love: CW’s life 1908-1939 Torn by Doubt: CW’s “Crisis of Schism” An Introduction to Amen House In … Continue reading
Posted in Book Summaries
Tagged Amen House, book summaries, Oxford University Press, Phyllis, poetry, works
1 Comment
