The Inklings Variety Hour

The Silver Trumpet, by Owen Barfield

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Chris talks with Jonathan Geltner and Eric Geddes about Owen Barfield's fairy tale, The Silver Trumpet--which has the distinction of being the first fairy tale written by an Inkling.

Among other things, we discuss:

  1. Introduction (2:46) — The book, its context, and the new illustrated edition
  2. The Coat of Arms & the Faust Epigraph (10:41) — "Two souls dwell in my breast"
  3. The Twin Princesses (9:45) — Violetta, Gamboy, and the enchantment of Ms. Thompson
  4. The Silver Trumpet (21:46) — Prince Courtesy arrives; the trumpet's effect on both sisters
  5. Gamboy's Plot (34:43) — Revolution, the toad costume, and the death of Queen Violetta
  6. Prince Peerio & Princess Lily (43:09) — The second generation; falling in love with a portrait
  7. Overcoming the Toad (48:37) — Ms. Thompson's wisdom; Barfield's Goethean view of nature
  8. The Resolution (57:08) — Lily kisses the toad; the doppelganger reunited
  9. Music & Re-enchantment (1:04:49) — The five fiddlers scene
  10. Romance as a Self-Aware Genre (55:30) — Irony, editorial intrusion, and the storyteller's social occasion
  11. Why This Book, Why Now? (1:11:28) — *The Silver Trumpet* as the imaginative complement to *Poetic Diction*
  12. Closing Thoughts (1:27:17)

    13. Next: The Other Inklings with Connor Salter!

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