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Dr. Julian Barr
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Dr. Julian Barr
Creative writing, classics and literature
All offerings from Dr. Julian BarrAfter completing his PhD in Classical Studies at the University of Queensland and Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Julian published the academic monograph Tertullian and the Unborn Child through Routledge, as well as several articles on classical mythology and rhetoric. A life-long devotee of fantasy, Julian also published the epic Ashes of Olympus trilogy through Odyssey Books, as well as the Norse-inspired Tooth and Blade. His main research interests are in classical rhetoric, medical history and early Christian literature. He also continues to write fantasy novels inspired by ancient mythology, as well as narrative non-fiction.
All Areas of Expertise and Interest
- Adaptation Theory
- American Literature
- Bible
- British Literature
- Children’s Literature
- Christopher Paolini
- Classical Literature
- Collaborative Feedback
- Comparative Mythology
- Composition
- Creative Writing
- CS Lewis
- Cultural Studies
- Dark Academia
- Dune
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Dystopian Literature
- Education
- Epic Fantasy
- Ethics
- Fairy Tales
- Fantasy
- Film Studies
- Frank Herbert
- Germanic Studies
- Gothic Literature
- History
- JRR Tolkien
- Le Guin
- Literacy
- Lloyd Alexander
- Magic
- Margaret Weiss
- Monsters
- Novellas
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Religious Studies
- Romanticism
- Science Fiction
- Shakespeare
- Skills
- Speculative Fiction
- Test Preparation
- The Greco-Roman World
- The Inklings
- The Middle Ages
- Tracy Hickman
- Travel Literature
- Video Games
- Viking Age
- Weird Fiction
- Women's Studies
- Workshops
- Worldbuilding
- Year of the Novel
- Young Adult Fiction