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[[Wikipedia:University of Mississippi|University of Mississippi]]
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'''Chad Chisholm''' ([[27 July]] [[1978]]) is an Assistant Professor of English at [[Wikipedia:Southern Wesleyan University|Southern Wesleyan University]] in [[Wikipedia:Central, South Carolina|Central, South Carolina]], though he has also taught at the [[Wikipedia:University of Texas at Arlington|University of Texas at Arlington]] and at [[Wikipedia:Rust College|Rust College]] (Holly Springs, Mississippi) where he was named instructor of the year by the [[Wikipedia:United Methodist Church|United Methodist]] Board of Higher Education in 2008. Chisholm has written several articles on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[C.S. Lewis]], and [[the Inklings]]. Much of his present scholarship springs from [http://www.redmonky.net/utpa/4324/poulakos.pdf John Poulakos's theory of rhetorical possibility], and Chisholm is working on a book that uses C.S. Lewis' ideas on children's storytelling to develop a theory of possibility to reexamine classical children's literature. In 2013, Chisholm was awarded a UTA dissertation fellowship to complete his dissertation on "rhetoric-oriented approaches to juvenile texts,” which he successfully defended in November of that year.  
'''Basil Chad Chisholm''' ([[27 July]] [[1978]]) is an Assistant Professor of English at [[Wikipedia:Southern Wesleyan University|Southern Wesleyan University]] in [[Wikipedia:Central, South Carolina|Central, South Carolina]], though he has also taught at the [[Wikipedia:University of Texas at Arlington|University of Texas at Arlington]] and at [[Wikipedia:Rust College|Rust College]] (Holly Springs, Mississippi) where he was named lecturer of the year by the [[Wikipedia:United Methodist Church|United Methodist]] Board of Higher Education in 2008. Chisholm has written several articles on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[C.S. Lewis]], and [[the Inklings]]. Much of his present scholarship springs from [http://www.redmonky.net/utpa/4324/poulakos.pdf John Poulakos's theory of rhetorical possibility], and Chisholm is working on a book that uses C.S. Lewis' ideas on children's storytelling to develop a theory of possibility to reexamine classical children's literature. In 2013, Chisholm was awarded a dissertation fellowship to complete his dissertation on "rhetoric-oriented approaches to juvenile texts,” which he successfully defended in November of that year.  


== Bibliography, selected ==
== Bibliography, selected ==
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* [[2010]]: [[Mallorn 50|''Mallorn'' 50]]:
* [[2010]]: [[Mallorn 50|''Mallorn'' 50]]:
** "Flights of Fantasy"
** "Flights of Fantasy"
* [[2010]]: ''[[Festival in the Shire]]'':
** "Inking and Mapping ''The Inklings of Oxford''"
* [[2011]]: [[Mallorn 51|''Mallorn'' 51]]:
* [[2011]]: [[Mallorn 51|''Mallorn'' 51]]:
** "Keeping the Faith"
** "Keeping the Faith"
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** "Death of The Hobbit"
** "Death of The Hobbit"


=== Lectures ===
* [[2010]]: ''[[Festival in the Shire]]''
** "Born of Many Hopes"
* [[2012]]: ''[[Festival in the Shire]]'':
** "Roger Lancelyn Green and the Possibilities of Literature"


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Basil Chad Chisholm
Biographical information
Born27 July 1978
EducationUniversity of Texas at Arlington

Clemson University

University of Mississippi
OccupationProfessor
LocationSouth Carolina, USA

Basil Chad Chisholm (27 July 1978) is an Assistant Professor of English at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, South Carolina, though he has also taught at the University of Texas at Arlington and at Rust College (Holly Springs, Mississippi) where he was named lecturer of the year by the United Methodist Board of Higher Education in 2008. Chisholm has written several articles on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and the Inklings. Much of his present scholarship springs from John Poulakos's theory of rhetorical possibility, and Chisholm is working on a book that uses C.S. Lewis' ideas on children's storytelling to develop a theory of possibility to reexamine classical children's literature. In 2013, Chisholm was awarded a dissertation fellowship to complete his dissertation on "rhetoric-oriented approaches to juvenile texts,” which he successfully defended in November of that year.

Bibliography, selected[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

  • 2008: Mallorn 45
    • "Winston and Frodo: Demons, Choices and Grace in The Lord of the Rings"
  • 2010: Mallorn 50
    • "The wizard and the rhetor: rhetoric and the ethos of Middle-earth in The Hobbit"

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