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.