Oct 26, 2015
Guest Lecture Series Malcolm Guite – The Truth of Imagination in the Writings of Lewis and Tolkien
This free online lecture is part of the Mythgard Academy Guest Lecture Series.
Synopsis: John Keats spoke of "The truth of Imagination"; this lecture will explore the ways in which the rich, intuitive, and image-laden myth-making of Lewis and Tolkien allows the imagination to become a truth-bearing faculty.
Recordings from Monday, Oct. 26, 2015
Watch: Video
Listen: Audio
Suggested Reading
* _Tree and Leaf_ by Tolkien, especially the poem "Mythopoeia"
* The introduction to _Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination_ by Malcolm Guite
Biography
Malcolm Guite is a priest, poet, professor, writer, and rock-n-roller. He is Bye-Fellow, Chaplain, and Supervisor in English and Theology at Girton College, Cambridge University. He researches and writes about the interface between theology and the arts, particularly Theology and Literature, and has special interests in Coleridge and C.S. Lewis. He has p…