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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Aug 30

What would happen if I scheduled my life this way?

John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy Labor Day weekend!

We'll be back on Tuesday!

Happy Labor Day weekend!

We'll be back on Tuesday!

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · Jul 31

Bit of a shout out for three @bloomsburylit.bsky.social books publishing this month...first up, 'Wordsworth and English Literary Pilgrimage in the Nineteenth Century', in our 'New Directions in Religion and Literature' series: www.bloomsbury.com/wordsworth-a...

Wordsworth and English Literary Pilgrimage in the Nineteenth Century

Using Wordsworth as a focal point, this book describes how, in the period of Romanticism and beyond, the historical practice of pilgrimage became internalised f…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Aug 22

The true inspiration for the Seraphites. #TheLastofUs

Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · Aug 22

A small creature from the 13th-century Percy Psalter giving come-at-me-bro vibes.

British Library Add MS 70000, f. 4v.

A small creature is standing with its arms wide open. It has a sickle in its right hand and a small, circular green shield in its left hand. The creature has the face of a human but the legs of an animal.

Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Aug 12

A fine S. T. Coleridge letter up for auction at £10,000. A bit depressed. Longing for greatness. Pantisocracy. Infatuated with Mary Evans. Hits all the right notes, really. 😉

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wanted to ‘bid farewell’ to writing at 22, letter reveals

Young poet details low mood and disappointment in love in 1795 letter, written not long before he met Wordsworth

www.theguardian.com

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Aug 6

Love this idea! Minecraft + Wordsworth. Can't wait to learn more about this and other worlds in LitCraft from Lancaster University.

Minecraft meets Wordsworth - experience for free this August

In what is possibly the most imaginative cultural crossovers yet, the globally popular game Minecraft, has been reimagined into a unique way for kids to engage with history thanks to a collaboration b...

www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · Jul 25

This looks like:

1) a genuinely nice role for someone
2) Sheffield has resurrected Shelley and is using him as a Research Associate - taking Gothic Studies to the next level!

Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley at University of Sheffield

Apply for the Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Jul 23

Glad to see Alister McGrath's review of my book, "The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology"!

The Romance of C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis (1898–1963) continues to engage and intrigue his multiple audiences, particularly in the realms of popular apologetics and academic literary scholarship. While professional literary scholar...

www.acton.org

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 23

For #SouthAsianHeritageMonth, discover the remarkable life of Indian activist Pandita Ramabai — a pioneering feminist, educator, and social reformer.

📚 Learn more: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

Image: WikiCommons

#WomensHistory #SAHM2025

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Jul 19

Me and my book projects

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · May 31

Finally had a chance to listen to @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social wonderful book 'Wanderers: A History of Women Walking' -- and I was walking the prairie near my home for most of it. Highly recommended!

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · May 28

Oh, there's a video version, too!

Jeffrey Barbeau | C.S. Lewis, The Last Romantic & Faith in a Post-Christian World

YouTube video by Useful to God

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · May 28

Here's one of several recent podcasts & radio interviews I've done on my latest book, The Last Romantic: C. S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology. Take a listen! www.thinkingchristianpodcast.com/jeffrey-barb...

Jeffrey Barbeau | C.S. Lewis, The Last Romantic & Faith in a Post-Christian World

What made C.S. Lewis such a compelling thinker and writer? In this episode of Thinking Christian , Dr. James Spencer is joined by Dr. Jeffrey Barbeau, professor of …

www.thinkingchristianpodcast.com

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · May 28

Pleased to see this recent review of my latest book, The Last Romantic on C. S. Lewis.

wng.org

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Jan 30

Friends, I'm excited to share that my new book on C. S. Lewis is now available on Amazon and other outlets. It's already topping a number of the Amazon category lists. Unexpected but exciting news! I hope it helps readers to see Lewis in a new light! www.amazon.com/Last-Romanti...

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Jan 27

Check out the fun interview I did with Beth Felker Jones about my new book on C. S. Lewis!

C.S. Lewis among the influencers

Jeffrey Barbeau talks about his new book on C.S. Lewis, *The Last Romantic*

bethfelkerjones.substack.com

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Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · Dec 31

Start 2025 right by listening tomorrow at 10am to Woman’s Hour for a special episode dedicated to walking. You’ll hear me on the show alongside a number of other women talking about why walking matters. Hope you enjoy.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Walking: A Woman's Hour Special

Nuala McGovern dons her walking boots and steps out for her first walk of 2025.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · Dec 31

When academics get sick:

"Thank goodness I didn't get sick during term, because there are no substitute instructors. Better that I get sick on my holiday time".

#AcademiaIsBroken #AcademicSky

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Dec 25

Thanks, Beth! Love to see the book (in pre-release) getting in the hands of readers already!

Beth Felker Jones @bethfelkerjones.bsky.social · Dec 23

Excited about @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social 's new book on C.S. Lewis, the Last Romantic is available for preorder. amzn.to/3VPoj6w

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Dec 20

#forsooth

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · Dec 20

"THANKE YOU FOR YOUR EMAYLE ICH AM AWAYE FOR THE HOLIDAYE BREAKE BUT BYCAUSE ICH WORKE YN ACADEMIA YOU WILL RECEYVE AN EMAYLE FROM ME YN FYVE MINUTES"

Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Dec 14

This is worth reading, friends of literature, readers, teachers, all. You don’t have to agree to cherish the spirit of it. “Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future?” by Phil Christman

Does Teaching Literature and Writing Have a Future?

Learning that one’s job might soon be eliminated by the emergence of an overhyped new technology puts one in good company.

www.plough.com

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Jeffrey Barbeau @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social · Dec 13

Check out @karenswallowprior.bsky.social 's recent Substack post on John Milton and free speech, with a nod to my new book at the end! Thanks, Karen!

Karen Swallow Prior @karenswallowprior.bsky.social · Dec 11

These words of John Milton are why I have been such a firm advocate all my adult life of free speech. I have always believed that “truth will out,” just as Ecclesiastes 2:13 says that “wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness” (NASB).

Right?

open.substack.com/pub/karenswa...