"The hour has come!" said the Badger at last with great solemnity.
"What hour?" asked the Rat uneasily, glancing at the clock on the mantelpiece.
"Whose hour, you should rather say," replied the Badger. "Why, Toad's hour! The hour of Toad! I said I would take him in hand as soon as the winter was well over, and I'm going to take him in hand to-day!"
"Toad's hour, of course!" cried the Mole delightedly. "Hooray! I remember now! We'll teach him to be a sensible Toad!" ...
"Now, then!" he [Badger] said to the Toad, when the four of them stood together in the hall, "first of all, take those ridiculous things off!"
"Shan't!" replied Toad, with great spirit. "What is the meaning of this gross outrage? I demand an instant explanation."
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Planet Narnia
Do yourself a favor and read Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, by Michael Ward. It's an amazing book that will end up being a classic work of literary criticism/appreciation, if it isn't already. Dr. Ward even invented/discovered a new literary word/term to describe the underlying tone/feel/atmosphere of a story. (Could I just have put any more slashes in two sentences?) I'm not telling you what the new word is because I want you to get this book and discover it for yourself.
When you go to read the Chronicles of Narnia again, you'll see them through new eyes, and read them with a much greater depth of understanding than you ever did before.
Janet and I went to hear Dr. Ward at Seattle Pacific University late last year. It was an outstanding lecture, and the book has been absolutely eye-opening. You can listen to the lecture here:
(in the Q&A about an hour into it, I asked a question about dragons in Narnia, esp in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
Check out Dr. Ward's website at http://www.planetnarnia.com/ Buy the book and mark it up. It'll be a great legacy to leave your children and your children's children for many generations.
Evidently the BBC is doing a documentary film on Michael Ward's incredible discovery and is airing it around Easter in Great Britain
Enjoy your springtime book!
Chip
When you go to read the Chronicles of Narnia again, you'll see them through new eyes, and read them with a much greater depth of understanding than you ever did before.
Janet and I went to hear Dr. Ward at Seattle Pacific University late last year. It was an outstanding lecture, and the book has been absolutely eye-opening. You can listen to the lecture here:
(in the Q&A about an hour into it, I asked a question about dragons in Narnia, esp in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
Check out Dr. Ward's website at http://www.planetnarnia.com/ Buy the book and mark it up. It'll be a great legacy to leave your children and your children's children for many generations.
Evidently the BBC is doing a documentary film on Michael Ward's incredible discovery and is airing it around Easter in Great Britain
Enjoy your springtime book!
Chip
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