FACT OF THE DAY:

On December 1, 1956 Lewis had “Behind the Scenes” published in Time and Tide. It is reprinted in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If it is true that all our enjoyment of the images, without remainder, can be explained in terms of infantile sexuality, then, I confess, our literary judgements are in ruins. But I do not believe it is true.”

Psycho-Analysis and Literary Criticism
(Published in Selected Literary Essays; released on 12/4/1969)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote (four words):
“____(1)____ is ____(2)____ with ___(3)____ ___(4)___: but not all things are connected by the short and straight roads we expected.”

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:On December 1-3, 1941 Lewis gave the Ballard Mathews lectures on Paradise Lost that became his book A Preface to Paradise Lost.