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A Bargain at Twice the Price
I have blogged before about my problematic love for books, especially the need to own books, to have them around me as a I live and move and have my being. It’s okay: I am working through it. And confederates … Continue reading
Posted in News & Links
Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, coffee lovers, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, letters, literature, Out of Print Books, Walter Hooper
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Marching as to War: C.S. Lewis on His Way to the Front Line
As I began to read C.S. Lewis’ wartime letters in 1917-1918 (The Collected Letters, vol. 1), I was struck by the casual tone of his experience. On Remembrance Day in Canada, we consider the weight of the soldiers’ sacrifices for … Continue reading
Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes
Tagged C.S. Lewis, letters, Remebrance Day, somerset light infantry, Surprised by Joy, walking, war, wartime letters, WWI, WWII
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Letters to an Oxonian Lady: C.S. Lewis’ Relationship with Mary Neylan
In a recent trip to the Wade Center, a literary archive of C.S. Lewis and the Inklings in Wheaton, IL, I read an original C.S. Lewis letter to a young student while he was an Oxford don. In June of … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Original Research, Thoughtful Essays
Tagged C.S. Lewis, letters, literature, Mary Neylan, Mental Illness, Oxford, Pilgrim's Regress, Ransom Trilogy, wade center, writing
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Lost and Found Writers at the Altars of Hope
Stephen King claims in his writing memoir, On Writing, that he used to collect his rejection letters from publishers on a nail in his attic. When the weight of the dozens of rejections became too much for the nail, he … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Lewis Biography, Thoughtful Essays
Tagged C.S. Lewis, letters, literary shrine, literature, On Writing, rejection letters, Spirits in Bondage, Stephen King, writing
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Guest Blog by Ella Ramsay: Does Screwtape Tell the Truth about Wormwood? An Analysis of Lewis’ Epistolary Style
Ella Ramsay is a student at Colonel Gray High School and wrote this literary critique of The Screwtape Letters as part of her extended essay requirements for the International Baccalaureate program. Abstract The essay will analyze how accurately Wormwood is described … Continue reading
Marching as to War: Lewis on His Way to the Front Line
As I began to read Lewis’ wartime letters in 1917-1918 (The Collected Letters, vol. 1), I was struck by the casual tone of his experience. Lewis entered WWI strategically, enlisting before he was conscripted, giving him some options for placement … Continue reading
Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes
Tagged C.S. Lewis, letters, walking, war, wartime letters, WWII
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