Walter Hooper, R.I.P., and Christina Rossetti's Advent poems

Walter Hooper, R.I.P., and Christina Rossetti’s Advent poems

Walter Hooper (1931-2020) describes his first meeting with C. S. Lewis, a man he so admired and long served. In a second chapter in today’s Feature, Emma Mason explains how Christina Rossetti’s hopeful eschatological beliefs influenced the poems she wrote about the season of Advent. (21 minutes)
Christina Rossetti and George MacDonald revisited

Christina Rossetti and George MacDonald revisited

Alan Jacobs talks about the theme of renunciation in Christina Rossetti’s poems, and Stephen Prickett looks at aspects of nineteenth-century Romanticism from which George MacDonald’s work emerges. (33 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 148

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 148

FEATURED GUESTS: Steven D. Smith, Willem Vanderburg, Jeffrey Bilbro, Emma Mason, Alison Milbank, and Timothy Larsen