Mything the Point: Why Some Stories Strike True and Others Fall Short [Part Two]
byGeorge MacDonald speaks of the true essence of a meaningful fairytale in his classic essay, “The Fantastic Imagination”: [A fairytale] cannot help having some…
George MacDonald speaks of the true essence of a meaningful fairytale in his classic essay, “The Fantastic Imagination”: [A fairytale] cannot help having some…
Superheroes are often re-born in different incarnations. A writer will start the storyline afresh and a new version of the hero will be born….
For many readers – H.G. Wells and Laurence Houseman, G.K. Chesterton and Noel Coward – for these and thousands more, the most magical stories…
On 30 January 1945, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote to his son Christopher about the ‘beauty’ of the Christian story. Regarding the ‘Eden “myth”’,…
Have you ever noticed how some stories make a deep impression on certain people yet fail to make a dent in others? You know…
Starting Monday, Transpositions will be celebrating fantasy literature with a week-long online symposium. The upcoming topics include: Monday, 5 December: Laura Schmidt, archivist for the…
This is the first week of a new year; the new liturgical year, that is. But in the face of the end of civic calendar…