Jeffrey Whittaker grew up in Boise, Idaho where he spent several years teaching at his alma mater, The Ambrose School. He now teaches at Greenleaf Friends Academy, and harbors a passion for novels, theater, and the arts.
Jeffrey Whittaker
Articles by Jeffrey Whittaker
True Myth in Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi
We taste myth when we read Piranesi, because in the story, like in Barfield’s exploration of how the meaning of words changes over time, we are taken out of our…
The Many Traditions of Tolkien
This Realness, a touch of authentic mythology--much like Niggle who finally saw the Real Tree he had modeled his painting after throughout his life without knowing it--comes alive when the…