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146. How Did Animators Adapt The Wingfeather Saga For Streaming TV? | with Keith Lango
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145. How Did Edmund Spenser’s ‘The Faerie Queene’ Shape Christian Fantasy? | with Rebecca K. Reynolds

One British poet’s 1590s allegorical fantasy adventure is getting a new text-faithful prose adaptation.
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Long ago, before C. S. Lewis or J. R. R. Tolkien, and before even George MacDonald or G. K. Chesterton … lived another fantasy writer, British poet Edmund Spenser. In the 1590s his epic adventure was published in six books. It’s an epic fantasy allegorical poem, written in nine-line stanzas, involving phrases like “iambic pentameter” and other incredible facts we need explained by a literature expert! So in this episode we’ll be joined by Rebecca K. Reynolds, classic literature educator, audiobook narrator, and editorial director for Oasis Family Media. She will introduce us to a long-forgotten classic being given new life: The Faerie Queene.

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Rebecca K. ReynoldsIntroducing author and teacher Rebecca K. Reynolds

Rebecca K. Reynolds is the editorial director of Oasis Family Media and Sky Turtle Press. She is the author of a text-faithful prose rendering of Edmund Spenser’s 1590s epic poem The Faerie Queene and of Courage, Dear Heart by Nav Press.  Rebecca is a longtime member of the Rabbit Room and she has spoken at Hutchmoot both in the US and the UK. She taught high school literature for seven years and has written lyrics for Ron Block of Alison Krauss, Union Station.

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1. What led you to teaching about these famous books and recording audio versions?

  • How did you get from teaching literature to writing songs and more?
  • Have you read over sixty audiobooks for Oasis Audio, per the website?

2. Why do you love Edmund Spenser’s classic fantasy poem The Faerie Queene?

  • How did you discover The Faerie Queene?
  • What prevents more people from reading this classic?
  • What’s this about a new ending for book 3?
  • Cited: “Longing for a far country never visited,” Subby Szterszky at Focus on the Family

3. When will this new edition release, then what’s next from Sky Turtle?

  • What’s the purpose of founding Sky Turtle Press?
  • How did these creators decide to start with The Faerie Queene?
  • Where could The Faerie Queene lead to the future of this publisher?

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  • We shared two retro reviews: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian
  • The latter is inspired by our current Prince Caspian book quest
  • This week we plan Josiah DeGraaf’s new article about discerning fictional dialogue for Jesus

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Have you been watching that other hit Christian-made streaming series, The Wingfeather Saga? No doubt you’ve heard of the fantasy series by singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson. This story of the Igiby family’s darkly whimsical journey has attracted legions of readers from all ages. Now it’s a streaming series from Angel Studios. CG director Keith Lango will visit our studio to share more about the origins of this animated story.

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