Tag: C.S. Lewis
Men, Women, and Demons—C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters
Lillian Elmore This is the final part of our fall series on C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters. “She’s the sort of woman who lives for others—you can tell by their […]
The Imaginative Man—Colin Duriez discusses C.S. Lewis
Colin Duriez, Scholar and Author I first met British author and scholar Colin Duriez at the 2007 Oxonmoot conference at the University of Oxford where he was a featured speaker. […]
C.S. Lewis and Ways of Writing
Jessica Mau In his essay “On Three Ways of Writing for Children,” C.S. Lewis explains the ways books are written for young readers. Two of the examples that Lewis provides […]
A Spoonful of Sugar—C. S. Lewis and The Screwtape Letters
Britton A. Taylor This is the third part of our November series on C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters. The Screwtape Letters is a literary work by C. S. Lewis […]
C.S. Lewis and Tastes in Literature
Jessica Mau In his essay “Different Tastes in Literature,” C.S. Lewis discusses the difference between “tastes” of art and distinguishes between what he considers to be good and bad arts. […]
C.S. Lewis, Screwtape, and the Real Issue with Temptation
Allison Kisiel This is part two in our November series on C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters. Temptation isn’t a concept that Christians should take lightly. Even nonbelievers need to […]
C.S. Lewis, Screwtape, and Christian Pride
Dakota Smith This is part one in our November series on C.S. Lewis’s epistolary novel The Screwtape Letters. In his famous and acclaimed novel The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis addresses many […]
C.S. Lewis and ‘The Death of Words’
Aaron Brickle In his essay “The Death of Words,” C.S. Lewis briefly describes the horrific consequences of (for lack of a more succinct description) the evolution of language. Words change […]
C.S. Lewis, Fantasy Tales, and How to Say Best What’s to be Said
Jessica Mau C.S. Lewis explains in his essay “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say What’s Best to be Said” how writing a story starts and why he chose to write fairy […]
C.S. Lewis, Sci-Fi, and Displaced Persons
Sadie Wyant Though C.S. Lewis wrote 3 acclaimed science fiction novels, he is not always identified with the sci-fi genre. Aside from his fiction, Lewis also provided some useful criticism […]
C.S. Lewis and Rereading Stories
Priscilla Collins In his essay “On Stories,” C.S. Lewis dissects the purpose of a story. Lewis argues that a good story must do more than simply tell of a series […]
Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis debate God
Marshall Tankersley, Student Editor How is it possible that two men with such similar backgrounds can come to divergent ends in life? This is the question that Harvard psychiatrist and […]