2015 Workshop Talk | 1:17:54 | 7-12, K-6, History
Summary
This group biography of Tolkien and Lewis will trace the influences that led them to create The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia and to form the Inklings.
Speaker
Louis Markos holds a BA in English and history from Colgate University and an MA and PhD in English from the University of Michigan. He is a professor of English and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University, where he teaches courses on British romantic and Victorian poetry and prose, the classics, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, and film. Dr. Markos holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities and teaches classes on ancient Greece and Rome for HBUÍs Honors College. He is the author of nine books: From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics; Pressing Forward: Alfred, Lord Tennyson and the Victorian Age; The Eye of the Beholder: How to See the World Like a Romantic Poet; Lewis Agonistes: How C. S. Lewis Can Train Us to Wrestle with the Modern and Postmodern World; Apologetics for the 21st Century; Restoring Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C. S. Lewis; Literature: A StudentÍs Guide; On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Roa
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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