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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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Not a Tame Lion: The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia by Terry Glaspey
Qoheleth reminds us that “of the writing of books there is no end” (Ecc 12:12)—a proverb no less true in the world of writings about C.S. Lewis. So it is with a little irony and low expectations that I picked … Continue reading
The Pilgrim’s Regress and the Reader’s Progress
As much as I always love it, reading Lewis occasionally reminds me of how I’m so deficient in “the literary canon”—the great pieces of literature that everyone has read; a.k.a., the books I should have read already. All too often … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Tagged Blake, C.S. Lewis, Chaim Potok, E.B. White, Flaubert, George MacDonald, Giller Award, heaven, hell, Jane Austin, Kafka, Lemony Snicket, Newberry, Paulo Coehlo, Pilgrim's Progress, Pilgrim's Regress, pretentious, Shel Silverstein, Steinbeck, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Tolkien
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