A Conversation with Katherine Langrish

Dr Caroline Batten chats with author Katherine Langrish about her book 'From Spare Oom to War Drobe: Travels in Narnia with My Nine-Year-Old Self'. Topics include Plato, medieval romance, racism in fantasy, the importance of fanfiction, the problem of Susan, and The Pilgrim's Progress. A transcript is available here.

Date Published: 8 September 2021

Writer:

C.S. Lewis

Contributors: Caroline Batten, Katherine Langrish

In Collection(s): C.S. Lewis, Fantasy Literature: Further Thinking, Fantasy at Oxford

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