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Tag Archives: C.S.Lewis
Surprised by Joy
Surprised by Joy© 1955 C.S. Lewis252 pages “When I first read Chesterton, I did not know what I was in for. God is, if I may say it, quite unscrupulous.” Mention the name C.S. Lewis and the image of a … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Britain, C.S.Lewis, Classics and Literary, CS Lewis, GK Chesterton, literature, philosophy, religion
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Podcast of the Week: Lewis, Tolkien, and the Great War
This week I’m highlighting #272 of the Art of Manliness podcast, an interview with the author of A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War. This book examines C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien’s role in the Great War and delves … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Of Boys and Men, Podcast of the Week
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Short rounds: explosives and Martians
Tonight I finally gave up on Hayduke Lives!, the sequel to Edward Abbey’s Monkey Wrench Gang. The plot only arrives four-fifths of the way into the book, having been preceded by lots of stream-of-consciousness rambling, pointless arguments, and enough breast … Continue reading
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Tagged American Southwest, C.S.Lewis, CS Lewis, Edward Abbey, fantasy, science fiction
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Images of CS Lewis’ World
CS Lewis: Images of his World© 1973 Douglas R Gilbert, Clyde S Kilby144 pages Last year I was tasked with the lamentable duty of weeding our history, literature, and science sections, and so in consequence spent several weeks methodically going through … Continue reading
Literary Converts
Literary Converts: Spiritual Inspiration in an Age of Unbelief© 2000 Joseph Pearce452 pages Literary Converts is a historical survey of the ‘second spring’ of Anglo-Catholic literature and all that followed, covering most of the twentieth … Continue reading
A Week in Narnia
On last Friday I enjoyed The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, reading it for the first time since the O.J. Simpson trial. I never liked fantasy as a child; it took Redwall and Harry Potter to coax me into … Continue reading
The Silver Chair
The Silver Chair© 1953 C.S. Lewis217 pages Escaping from bullies in their oppressively modern boarding school, Eustace Scubbs and his friend Jill Pole opened a door and promptly fell into Narnia. Visits to Narnia always come unexpectedly, and never without … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, children's literature, Children-YA, fantasy, Narnia
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The Horse and his Boy
The Horse and his Boy© 1954 C.S. Lewis199 pages “For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you’re taught, just as English boys and girls are taught essay writing. The difference is that … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, children's literature, Children-YA, fantasy, Narnia
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Prince Caspian
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia © 1951 C.S. Lewis 195 pages Once upon a time four children stumbled through an ordinary-looking wardrobe into another world altogether, a place called Narnia where they became its kings and … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, C.S.Lewis, children's literature, Children-YA, fantasy, Narnia
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