Isle of Wonder

It started with being a dumping ground for my extraneous projects in Medieval Studies while I was in university, now it is whatever subject I am moved by regarding literature, history or language.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Story Elements in Elidor

I was struck by several things reading Elidor by Alan Garner. First, there is the theme of the Fisher King. When Roland goes into Eli...

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Elidyr and the Golden Ball

For some reason, Alan Garner is not a commonly read author these days. It is a real shame because I loved his books. I discovered The...

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Take That!

This fall I looked at a folio reproduction of The Domesday Book , thinking that, since I can read Latin fairly well, at last I can read...

Sunday, January 9, 2011

The 'True' History of Hereward the Wake

I laid down the gauntlet in a previous blog saying an author could have improved his book by making his best guess at Hereward's lif...

View web version

About Me

The Red Witch: Southern Ontario, Canada; Heritage worker and Researcher. M.A. in Medieval Studies.

View my complete profile

Powered by Blogger.