Jeffrey Barbeau
@jeffbarbeau.bsky.social
Editor, The Coleridge Bulletin | Prof. of Theology and Literature at Wheaton College | British Romanticism. Religion & Literature. Methodism. C. S. Lewis | Marquette alum and #mubb basketball fan
Beth Felker Jones and Christina Bieber Lake are talking 'A Year with Moby-Dick' on their Substacks! They asked me to contribute to the conversation, so I wrote a piece about Melville, Coleridge, and the Albatross. bethfelkerjones.substack.com/p/the-albatr...
The Albatross: A Prophecy
A guest essay from Jeff Barbeau, halfway through our Moby-Dick read-along
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I'm told that it's been a year since my book on C. S. Lewis came out as an audiobook and they are running a special discount in celebration! Feel free to take a listen if you haven't had a chance already.
70% OFF The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology (Hansen Lectureship Series)
Three Essays on C. S. Lewis and Romanticism Many readers have heard C. S. Lewis's logical arguments for the Christian faith. Yet throughout his wide-ranging study and writing, Lewis often bega...
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What would happen if I scheduled my life this way?
John Fea@johnfea1.bsky.social · last yr.Happy Labor Day weekend! We'll be back on Tuesday!
Bit of a shout out for three @bloomsburylit.bsky.social books publishing this month...first up, 'Wordsworth and English Literary Pilgrimage in the Nineteenth Century', in our 'New Directions in Religion and Literature' series: www.bloomsbury.com/wordsworth-a...
Wordsworth and English Literary Pilgrimage in the Nineteenth Century
Using Wordsworth as a focal point, this book describes how, in the period of Romanticism and beyond, the historical practice of pilgrimage became internalised f…
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A fine S. T. Coleridge letter up for auction at £10,000. A bit depressed. Longing for greatness. Pantisocracy. Infatuated with Mary Evans. Hits all the right notes, really. 😉
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals
Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth
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Love this idea! Minecraft + Wordsworth. Can't wait to learn more about this and other worlds in LitCraft from Lancaster University.
Minecraft meets Wordsworth - experience for free this August
In what is possibly the most imaginative cultural crossovers yet, the globally popular game Minecraft, has been reimagined into a unique way for kids to engage with history thanks to a collaboration b...
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This looks like: 1) a genuinely nice role for someone 2) Sheffield has resurrected Shelley and is using him as a Research Associate - taking Gothic Studies to the next level!
Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley at University of Sheffield
Apply for the Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Glad to see Alister McGrath's review of my book, "The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology"!
The Romance of C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis (1898–1963) continues to engage and intrigue his multiple audiences, particularly in the realms of popular apologetics and academic literary scholarship. While professional literary scholar...
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For #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, discover the remarkable life of Indian activist Pandita Ramabai — a pioneering feminist, educator, and social reformer. 📚 Learn more: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo... Image: WikiCommons #WomensHistory #SAHM2025
Finally had a chance to listen to @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social wonderful book 'Wanderers: A History of Women Walking' -- and I was walking the prairie near my home for most of it. Highly recommended!
Here's one of several recent podcasts & radio interviews I've done on my latest book, The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology. Take a listen! www.thinkingchristianpodcast.com/jeffrey-barb...
Jeffrey Barbeau | C.S. Lewis, The Last Romantic & Faith in a Post-Christian World
What made C.S. Lewis such a compelling thinker and writer? In this episode of Thinking Christian , Dr. James Spencer is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Barbeau, professor of …
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Friends, I'm excited to share that my new book on C. S. Lewis is now available on Amazon and other outlets. It's already topping a number of the Amazon category lists. Unexpected but exciting news! I hope it helps readers to see Lewis in a new light! www.amazon.com/Last-Romanti...
Check out the fun interview I did with Beth Felker Jones about my new book on C. S. Lewis!
C.S. Lewis among the influencers
Jeffrey Barbeau talks about his new book on C.S. Lewis, *The Last Romantic*
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Start 2025 right by listening tomorrow at 10am to Woman’s Hour for a special episode dedicated to walking. You’ll hear me on the show alongside a number of other women talking about why walking matters. Hope you enjoy. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Walking: A Woman's Hour Special
Nuala McGovern dons her walking boots and steps out for her first walk of 2025.
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When academics get sick: "Thank goodness I didn't get sick during term, because there are no substitute instructors. Better that I get sick on my holiday time". #AcademiaIsBroken #AcademicSky
This is worth reading, friends of literature, readers, teachers, all. You don’t have to agree to cherish the spirit of it. “Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future?” by Phil Christman
Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future?
Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company.
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Check out @karenswallowprior.bsky.social 's recent Substack post on John Milton and free speech, with a nod to my new book at the end! Thanks, Karen!
Karen Swallow Prior@karenswallowprior.bsky.social · 2y agoThese words of John Milton are why I have been such a firm advocate all my adult life of free speech. I have always believed that “truth will out,” just as Ecclesiastes 2:13 says that “wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness” (NASB). Right? open.substack.com/pub/karenswa...
Can you see me back there? I look like I'm waving.
Tobias Wilson-Bates@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 2y agowe are so close
The release of my new book on C. S. Lewis, "The Last Romantic," is still a little over a month away, so I guess I now have something to aim for! 😉
Just watched the 'Albatross' film with my students as a complement to our study of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This is amazing.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y agoThe world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, astonishing scientists who have been tracking her since 1956.
When a reader of your new book on C S Lewis thinks about S T Coleridge in a new light. #win
Tony Cross@lokster71.bsky.social · 2y agoO and it made me think about Coleridge in a whole different way.
First copies of The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology! Available now (before the official launch in January) through the @ivpacademic.bsky.social website!
Readers of C. S. Lewis will be interested to know that my forthcoming book "The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology" is now available, but only in pre-release through the IVP website! Copies are beginning to ship, I'm told!!
The Last Romantic
Three Essays on C. S. Lewis and Romanticism Many readers have heard C. S. Lewis's logical arguments for the Christian faith. Yet throughout his wide-ranging study and writing, Lewis often began with
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