Front Porch Republic editor Jeff Bilbro sits down with Joe Loconte of The King’s College for a spirited discussion of the book-turned-film A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War. Bonded by war and steeled by friendship, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien produced works of fantasy that have guided us back to reality.
Highlights
1:30 Loconte’s Italian immigrant family
4:00 Bleak poet learns to love goodness
7:45 Myth, not just for escapism anymore
9:30 Joe finds Frodo in his 40s
11:30 Lewis finds MacDonald on a train
13:45 Beowulf, Aeneas, and the hero who faces failure
19:00 Pagans love Christian realism
21:00 A letter to Owen Barfield
24:30 Band of Icelandic brothers
27:15 Behind the scenes
33:00 War, friendship, and imagination
36:00 Courage is key
37:15 Creative friendship, pursued deliberately
Resources
Thanks as always to Wendell Kimbrough
