If I were to recommend any of Lewis's books as 'neglected', I'd opt for THE DISCARDED IMAGE (a little gem that shows off Lewis the lecturer at his best) and SPIRITS IN BONDAGE (the only relic of his early Yeatsian period). LETTERS TO MALCOLM (which doesn't seem to fit in their theme or thesis at all). THE DISCARDED IMAGE (which gets my vote as by far the best of the books they cover)Ĩ. AN EXPERIMENT IN CRITICISM (probably the most controversial of all these eight)ħ. perhaps best summed up as 'Lewis does a Barfield'. STUDIES IN WORDS (the second of these eight I haven't read.
O.H.E.L (I admit I've never read this one myself)ĥ. The eight books they chose are as follows:Ģ. I found their list interesting, if unnecessarily limited by their decision to focus entirely on his academic works. LEWIS: EXPLORING THE RICHES OF HIS MOST OVERLOOKED BOOKS". So, the new issue of THE JOURNAL OF ENGLISH STUDIES has just arrived, and my eye was drawn to their review of a new book out by Mark Neal and Jerry Root, called THE NEGLECTED C. *** "John Rateliff is one of those Tolkien scholars that I learned quickly to consult for unrivaled expertise in books like THE HISTORY OF THE HOBBIT." Gosh. **disclosure: I was a contributor and editor of the volume. In her acceptance, Vaninskaya mentioned that this book was the first installment of a much bigger project I'll be interested to see what comes next. The other big winner, for the Fantasy Scholarship (Non-Inkling) Award, is Anna Vaninskaya's FANTASIES OF TIME AND DEATH, which looks at Eddison, Dunsany, and Tolkien: two neglected authors put in context with the most famous fantasy author of them all. More primary Tolkien material made available is a good thing in my reckoning. Bower for TOLKIEN'S LOST CHAUCER,* who came out on top of an impressive list of finalists this year: McIlwaine, Cilli, Garth, and the contributors to A WILDERNESS OF DRAGONS.** Bower was gracious in his acceptance speech, praising each of the runner-ups.*** Best of all, he announced that he is now under contract with Oxford University Press to produce his next book, TOLKIEN ON CHAUCER, 1913 - 1959 - which sounds like the edition of Tolkien's writings on Chaucer some of us had hoped for in the first book. So, congratulations to the winner of this year's Mythopoeic Award for best work of Inklings Scholarship, John M. Assuming, that is, that Le Guin's story turns out to be suitable for adaptation. We'll just have to see if this most recent adaptation does a better job of conveying the appeal of Le Guin's story. I'm a bit dubious about the 'blessing', given similar claims made by the people in charge of the previous EarthSea series, which was (a) awful and (b) bore little resemblance to Le Guin's work.
An Earthsea miniseries based on the book series, with the teleplay co-written by Le Guin, aired on Sci Fi Channel in 2004." The adaptation since has been re-envisioned as a television series.
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" Before she died in January 2018, Le Guin had given the producer her blessing to turn her work into a series of films. I assume this will be a yearly event, although the announcements I saw don't actually state that.Ĭo-incidently, yesterday I saw an image of the new Le Guin stamp, which I'd heard about but not seen it features a scene from LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS (the desperate sledge-journey across the ice).įinally, I had missed or forgotten the news (from September 2019) that a new film/streaming video adaptation of the EarthSea books was in the works: "The Prize will be given to a writer whose work reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work, including but certainly not limited to: hope, equity, and freedom non-violence and alternatives to conflict and a holistic view of humanity’s place in the natural world."Īs a pacifist, I'm glad to see that point of view being a major focus.
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