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A Few Strange New Hybridities in Literature

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Daniel

Of late, my rather strange and serpentine reading habits have yielded up examples of what might be called literary hybridities, where genres and styles work to subsume or coalesce. Of course, such genre bending is not even remotely new but … Continue reading →

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Ronan Coghlan on Skylight Press

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Daniel

Ronan Coghlan is a unique and multifarious Irish writer from Dublin now living in Bangor, Northern Ireland. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, he has served as a schoolteacher for over 20 years, notably at Rockport, Northern Ireland and Hawkhurst … Continue reading →

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Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Daniel

“Luckily Nicolas didn’t have to answer, as he couldn’t have spoken. I had placed my hand on his bulge, which was as hard as a tree branch. I had never touched one before.” It was at that precise point when … Continue reading →

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Windleroot by Gordon Strong

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Daniel

“Windleroot was permanently a wasps’ nest of rumour and scandal. Gobbets of gossip continually dripped from the awnings of the establishments in Lowe Street. An innocent remark made at the top end became a slanderous accusation by the time it arrived at the … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Literature, New books, Recommended reads | Tagged 27th Dimension, Allegory, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, British Literature, comedy, Dickens, esoteric, Esoteric Fiction, Fantasy, fiction, Gordon Strong, humour, Literature, novel, Occult, occult fiction, p g wodehouse, Qabalah, ritual magic, satire, Stone Circles, tarot, Tom Sharpe, Wodehouse | Leave a comment

Faery Loves & Faery Lais: A Collection of Breton Lais as told by Gareth Knight

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Daniel

“The Breton lai is a relatively short narrative poem, usually accompanied by music, that appeared in France some time about the middle of the 12th century, spread by travelling musicians and story tellers called ‘jongleurs.’ What we find important about … Continue reading →

Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, Music, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads | Tagged Arthurian legend, breton lai, Breton lais, Brittany, Celtic, Celtic revival, Celtic twilight, chrétien de troyes, Cornwall, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Ella Young, English history, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, fairytale, Fantasy, Fiona Macleod, Folktale, French History, Gareth Knight, George Russell, Henry II, Ireland, jongleurs, Laurence Harf-Lancner, Literature, Marie de France, mediaeval history, mediaeval literature medieval literature, Middle French, Myth, mythology, Pierre Gallais, R.J. Stewart, short narrative poem, W.B. Yeats, Wales, Wendy Berg | Leave a comment

The Magical World of the Inklings by Gareth Knight

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Rebsie

It’s finally here … Gareth Knight’s new and expanded edition of his classic text on the mythopoeic fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and their less famous but similarly gifted colleagues Charles Williams and Owen Barfield – collectively known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Esoteric, Literary Criticism, Literature, New books | Tagged British Literature, British Novel, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Elves, esoteric, Faeries, Fantasy, Gareth Knight, Hobbits, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Magic, Metaphysical, Myth, mythopoeia, Narnia, novel, Owen Barfield, Science Fiction, Silmarillion | Leave a comment

Into the Mythopoeia…

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Daniel

As we eagerly await the new edition of The Magical World of the Inklings by Gareth Knight, let’s have a look at other great mythopoeic works of literature. Since the 6th Century tales of Phereydes of Syros, the world of … Continue reading →

Posted in Recommended reads | Tagged Borges, C.S. Lewis, Calvino, Fantasy, fiction, mythopoeia, novel, Tolkien | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Fantasy

A Few Strange New Hybridities in Literature

Ronan Coghlan on Skylight Press

Writing the Unicorn: The Paradox of Historical Fiction

Windleroot by Gordon Strong

Faery Loves & Faery Lais: A Collection of Breton Lais as told by Gareth Knight

The Magical World of the Inklings by Gareth Knight

Into the Mythopoeia…

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