Tom Shippey, Magic Comes Back

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Tom Shippey, "Magic Comes Back: The Inklings and After"

Our Annual Public Lecture on October 13, 2006 featured renowned Tolkien scholar Professor Tom Shippey, Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at Saint Louis University. You can now view streaming video of this lecture, "Magic Comes Back: The Inklings and After," by clicking on the link below.

Abstract:

One of the most obvious features of modern publishing is the resurgence of magic-oriented young-adult fiction, in the works of Rowling, Pullman, Wynne Jones, with behind them the older figures of Lewis, Tolkien, and Charles Williams. This lecture will compare and contrast the different views taken of magic, pointing out that behind them, and perhaps energizing them, there is a long intellectual debate about the place of magic between science and religion, going back at least to J.G. Frazer’s Golden Bough.

 

Tom Shippey

 

View Tom Shippey's 2006 lecture "Magic Comes Back".
You will need Quicktime 7 in order to view this file.

DVD copies are available upon request to loan to CMRS Faculty and Regional Affiliates for academic use.