Episode 187: The Affirmation of Imagination: On John Crowley's 'Little, Big,' with Erik Davis

John Crowley’s Little, Big is, at once, a family saga, a fairy tale, an occult thriller, an idyll, a dystopia, as well as a meditation on myth and history, the real and the fantasy, memory and imagination. Little, Big is also a book that JF and Phil have been planning to discuss for as long as Weird Studies has existed. In this episode, they are joined by writer and scholar Erik Davis to explore the enduring charms and mysteries of one of the greatest—and most underrated—American novels of the late twentieth century.

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REFERENCES

John Crowley, Little, Big (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780061120053)

Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780142410318)

Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (bookshop.org/a/18799/9781774640449)

Eric Davis, interview with Neil Gaiman and Rachel Pollack (techgnosis.com/the-gods-of-the-funny-books)

David Lynch (dir.), Lost Highway (imdb.com/title/tt0116922)

America, “The Last Unicorn” (youtube.com/watch?v=51Ez6ZVz68c&ab_channel…)

John Cooper Powys, A Glastonbury Romance (goodreads.com/book/show/959613.A_Glastonbury_R…)

J. R. R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780547951942)

Patrick Harpur, Daimonic Reality (bookshop.org/a/18799/9780937663615)

Lord Dunsany, (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Dunsany) Irish novelist
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