Banning Anne: Why the Soviets were Afraid of Anne of Green Gables
Launching our exciting new series on banned books, Ewan Bowlby explains why Anne of Green Gables was banned in Soviet controlled Poland. If you…
Ewan is a doctoral student at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts (ITIA) in St Andrews, under the supervision of George Corbett (ITIA) and John Swinton (University of Aberdeen). He is researching ways of using popular artworks (novels, films, and television series) to design new forms of art therapy which provide emotional, psychological and spiritual care for cancer patients. This involves using fictional narratives, characters, and imagery to reflect and reframe patients' experiences of living with cancer, helping them to understand and articulate the effect of cancer on their lives. He is developing the impact of his research through an ongoing collaboration with several Scottish centres run by the Maggie's cancer care charity. Other interests include theological engagement with popular culture, the relationship between theology and humour, and the use of narrative form for theological expression.
Launching our exciting new series on banned books, Ewan Bowlby explains why Anne of Green Gables was banned in Soviet controlled Poland. If you…
Author Ewan Bowlby reflects on writing a short story in collaboration with illustrator Karlee Rene, for the next of our series of artist reflections…
In the next installment of our Binge-Worthy? series, Ewan Bowlby explores how watching the longform television drama Once Upon a Time might provide a unique…
Ewan Bowlby interviewed visual artist and illustrator Karlee Rene Lillywhite, Artist-in-Residence at the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts for 2021-22, to find…
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