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Linlathen
Linlathen 2019
The Poetic
Imagination
August 6-8, 2019
During the weekend, Malcolm Guite will help us explore the theme of the Poetic Imagination by paying special attention to what it meant to the Inklings. What is the theological grounding and defence of Imagination as a truth-bearing faculty? How did Imagination specifically deepen CS Lewis's faith, and how do his imaginative works function for today's readers? How does Tolkien's legendarium help navigate readers through contemporary issues?
Guite will also ask and explore how we as teachers and writers might continue the work the Inklings began by, for instance, re-integrating Reason and Imagination and making an imaginative, as well as a rational case for Christ. Where is that happening in today's literature and today's academy? Can it? How? ​​
Speaker
Malcolm Guite
Guite [which rhymes with knight] was born in Nigeria, spent some of his youth in Hamilton where his father was a prof at McMaster, and celebrates English and Scottish roots in his long-term home of Cambridgeshire, UK. Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan led him to poetry, and keep him in song. Seamus Heany, TS Eliot, and George Herbert are as much influences as JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, George MacDonald, and ST Coleridge. His most recent publication – Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge – has received accolades from as diverse a crowd as Rowan Williams, Jeremy Begbie, Susanna Clark (author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), and The Heythrop Journal. A singer and guitarist who fronts the Cambridgeshire-based blues, rhythm & blues, and rock band 'Mystery Train,' Guite has also collaborated with Canadian musician Steve Bell (resulting in an award-winning Canadian documentary, 'Burning Ember').
2019 Linlathen Lectures
Free Public Event
Malcolm Guite & the Poetic Imagination:
an evening of Sonnet & Song
Monday Evening, August 5th
Hillside Reformed Presbyterian Church | Almonte, Ontario
"What would happen if John Donne or George Herbert journeyed to Middle Earth by way of San Francisco, took musical cues from Jerry Garcia and fashion tips from Bilbo Baggins, and rode back on a Harley?"
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Thus has been described Linlathen’s guest for 2019.
High in international demand, Linlathen has managed to scoop Malcolm Guite for a stint in the Ottawa Valley. A performing poet and singer-songwriter, a Cambridge University chaplain and fellow, a motorcycling priest, and an academic whose passions include Coleridge, Dante, and the Inklings (Tolkien, Lewis, Barfield, etc) – Guite will be spending an evening in Almonte revelling in music & poetry, story & reflection.
And he will draw you in.
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Malcolm is an engaging raconteur, who cannot but simultaneously educate & entertain.
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Guite [which rhymes with knight] was born in Nigeria, spent some of his youth in Hamilton where his father was a prof at McMaster, and celebrates English and Scottish roots in his long-term home of Cambridgeshire, UK. Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan led him to poetry, and keep him in song. Seamus Heany, TS Eliot, and George Herbert are as much influences as JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, George MacDonald, and ST Coleridge. His most recent publication – Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge – has received accolades from as diverse a crowd as Rowan Williams, Jeremy Begbie, Susanna Clark (author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell), and The Heythrop Journal. A singer and guitarist who fronts the Cambridgeshire-based blues, rhythm & blues, and rock band 'Mystery Train,' Guite has also collaborated with Cdn musician Steve Bell (resulting in an award-winning Cdn documentary, 'Burning Ember').
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Guite states his aim is to " be profound without ceasing to be beautiful."
Come see how he does so, through music and recitation, on August 5th at 7:30pm; reception afterwards.
Directions to the location can be found here:
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-- the parking lot is small, but there is another larger one a few metres down the road, across from the park.
