'A longing for the world wood at night'

[magical_muse]

An entry on told_tales on the subject of the writings of Lord Dunsany recalled to mind the 2002 Conference I attended with Naomi at the Open University entitled The Development of Paganism: History, Influences and Contexts, 1880-2002.

One of the speakers, Dr. Nick Freeman of Loughborough University, presented the paper 'A longing for the wood-world at

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[treadwells]

He gave that talk at Treadwell's as well,around that time. and I loved it. I found myself he had another similar talk up his sleeve for Spring 2008 programme here, as I was doing scheduling earlier this week. Funny coincidence.
Christina

[magical_muse]

If you have a chance to ask him about the project and how it's coming on in terms of publication, I'd be grateful.

The modules he teaches at Loughborough on Gothic and supernatural literature just sound so fascinating.