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Jeffrey Barbeau
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Editor, The Coleridge Bulletin | Prof. of Theology and Literature at Wheaton College | British Romanticism. Religion & Literature. Methodism. C. S. Lewis | Marquette alum and #mubb basketball fan
What would happen if I scheduled my life this way?
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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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
July 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The true inspiration for the Seraphites. #TheLastofUs
A small creature from the 13th-century Percy Psalter giving come-at-me-bro vibes.

British Library Add MS 70000, f. 4v.
August 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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
August 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
August 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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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
July 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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
July 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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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
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Me and my book projects
July 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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!
May 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Pleased to see this recent review of my latest book, The Last Romantic on C. S. Lewis.
wng.org
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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...
January 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
January 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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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
December 31, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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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
December 31, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Thanks, Beth! Love to see the book (in pre-release) getting in the hands of readers already!
Excited about @jeffbarbeau.bsky.social 's new book on C.S. Lewis, the Last Romantic is available for preorder. amzn.to/3VPoj6w
December 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
"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"
December 20, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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
December 14, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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!
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...
John Milton's Areopagitica Week 5
And an idea for a Christmas gift for the literature lover in your life!
open.substack.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
This place is rocking! #mubb
December 7, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Can you see me back there? I look like I'm waving.
December 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
The release of my new book on C. S. Lewis, "The Last Romantic," is still a little over a month away, so I guess I now have something to aim for! 😉
December 6, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Just watched the 'Albatross' film with my students as a complement to our study of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This is amazing.
The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, astonishing scientists who have been tracking her since 1956.
World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays an Egg at 74
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, has outlived at least three mates and the researcher who outfitted her with a tracking band in 1956.
nyti.ms
December 6, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Let’s go, Marquette!! #mubb
December 5, 2024 at 2:37 AM