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How I Learned to Speak British, or A Review of David Downing’s “Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel”
I find myself in the rather delicate position of critiquing the personal work of one with whom I’ve supped—ah, there it is, I’ve caught myself speaking in 1940s Oxford English again. It has been slipping out lately, I’m afraid. Given … Continue reading
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Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dan Brown, david downing, festival antigonish, Harry Potter, Inklings, literature, Madonna, Oxford, Ransom Trilogy, Space Trilogy, The Great Divorce, Tolkien
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The Haunting Death: Lewis, Buechner, and Me on the Loss of a Parent
Lewis in Letters I’ve read, now, about 200 pages of Lewis’ letters. This is just a small slice of the 2000 pages of his letters I have in my bookshelves. But it is enough to begin to see patterns and … Continue reading
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Tagged Baudelaire orphans, Bebb, C.S. Lewis, Frederick Buechner, Galatians 2:20, Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austin, John 15:13, King Miraz, Lemony Snicket, Letters to an America Lady, Lois Lowry, Narnia, Neville Longbottom, Now and Then, orphan literature, Pevensie children, pilgrim, Prince Caspian, Sacred Journey, Series of Unfortunate Events, Sirius Black, Telling Secrets, The Book of Bebb, The Giver, The Magician's Nephew, The Willoughbys, Watchman Nee
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And The Greatest of These…: A Review of C.S. Lewis’ Four Loves
The Four Loves is one of Lewis’ last Christian book and of his popular nonfiction, the one closest to his field of study. His Allegory of Love (1936) was the most popular of his work in literary criticism and was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, affection, agape, bacon, C.S. Lewis, culture, Deathly Hallows, eros, Eustace Scrubbs, friendship, Harry Potter, love, Mrs. Fidget, philia, Slughorn, spricket24, storge, The Four Loves, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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