Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson
Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson is a George MacDonald scholar who lives on a farm in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. She writes and lectures internationally on MacDonald, the Inklings, the nineteenth century, and faith in the arts. She is on the advisory board of Inklings journal VII and is co-chair of the George MacDonald Society. She directs Linlathen, a theology and arts conference and lecture series based in rural Ontario.
Interviews with Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson
The Best Victorian Fantasy Novels, recommended by Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson
Modern fantasy emerged out of the work of a group of Victorian writers, many of whom were medieval scholars and social justice activists. These three threads are intimately connected, explains literary scholar Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson. Here, she introduces us to the Victorian fantasy novels that shaped the work of 20th-century legends C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, and the beliefs that infuse those stories.
