Month: September 2014

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 14th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Adam Unparadised” is a poem first published today (9/14) in 1949 in Punch as “A Footnote to Pre-History”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The educated man habitually, almost without noticing it, sees the present as something that grows out of a long perspective of centuries.”

“God in the Dock”
(First published as “Difficulties in Presenting the Christian Faith to Modern Unbelievers” in September 1948 issue of Lumen Vitae )

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“No good work is done anywhere without aid from _____ ______ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 13th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

In the U.S. The Weight of Glory was published on this (9/13) day in 1949. It was called Transposition in the U.K. and later updated in 1980.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavourable.”

Learning in War-Time
(Published in The Weight of Glory on 9/13/1949)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book merely dealing with “words” was published this month?
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RETROSPECT: September 12th – 21st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for September 12th -21st include: Another Narnia book published, a landmark professional title, a final poetry book and the start of his third broadcast series.

If you thought the previous ten day span over the years was a productive period for Lewis, then you will be no less amazed at what occurred during this time. In the above highlights I didn’t even mentioned the autobiography that came out on the 19th in 1955. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is not a typical life story “as told by the author.” The subtitle tries to suggest the different approach of the book and in the preface Lewis elaborates further about this point. He notes that the main goal is to “tell how I passed from Atheism to Christianity,” but he actually expresses skepticism that anyone would want to read about

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 12th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The 20th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (9/12) in 1941. The main topic is sexual temptation.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape boasts:]
“Our best weapon—the belief of ignorant humans, that there is no hope of getting rid of us except by yielding [to temptation].”

The Screwtape Letters – XX
(First published in The Guardian on 9/12/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What two books with similar titles dealing with fictional works by Lewis and/or articles he wrote about literature were published after his death this month?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother’s slave because of the drugged sleep you cast upon her. You needed to know what it felt like.”

The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Till We Have Faces, Lewis’s last published fictional work was released today (9/10) in 1956.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Die before you die, there is no chance after.”

Till We Have Faces
(Published 9/10/1956

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Progress means not just changing, but _____ ______ _____ _____.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s Studies in Words is a title that was published today (9/9) in 1960 by Cambridge University Press.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Language exists to communicate whatever it can communicate. Some things it communicates so badly that we never attempt to communicate them by words if any other medium is available.”

Studies in Words
(Published 9/9/1960)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Which series of broadcasts that only featured Lewis was the only one where he addressed questions from listeners?
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C.S. Lewis vs the New Atheists #1 – Series Overview

William OFlaherty All About Jack

Last year (2013) there were many books released about C.S. Lewis. One you might have missed is C.S. Lewis vs the New Atheists. While I did a single interview about this book by Peter S. Williams shortly after its released, I felt the material is so useful that it deserved an entire series of shows. Thus, the following is the first of eight programs devoted to the book. This debut episode provides an overview of the entire book. In addition to William O’Flaherty producing and hosting the show, Peter Byrom joins as co-host for the series.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in the immediate presence of God.”

Reflections on the Psalms
(Published on 9/8/58)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Besides reading The Chronicles of Narnia in the order they were published, how many other “orders” can you read the series?
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Lewis Resources on Dr. Diana Glyer’s Site

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

If you have explored the places I’ve highlighted since the beginning of the year you’ve probably noticed many Lewis scholars have websites. Some have material just on Lewis, or like the one this, they have other material in additional to the content related to Lewis. While Dr. Diana Glyer has more than Lewis information than I’ll spotlight here, that just points to the importance of exploring the rest of her site.

Several years ago Glyer contributed to a book where she provided a bibliography of every book-length study of C.S. Lewis. Listed as a main heading on her site as C.S. Lewis Bibliography, this area (as she notes on the page) has a goal of providing “a brief description of the content and also a sense of the quality and importance of this book.