FACT OF THE DAY: “Scraps” is a group of brief thoughts by Lewis that was published in the December, 1945 issue of St James’ Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.” Foreword to Joy Davidman’s Smoke on the Mountain (Quoted in A Mind …
Month: December 2016
CSL Daily 12/10
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. – – – 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, …
CSL Daily 12/09
FACT OF THE DAY: “After Priggery – What?” is an essay by Lewis first published on December 7, 1945 in The Spectator. Available now in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To avoid a man’s society because he is poor or ugly or stupid may be bad; but to avoid it because …
CSL Daily 12/08
FACT OF THE DAY: “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V” was published today (Dec. 8) in 1944 in The Guardian. This eventual became part of The Great Divorce. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I do not look at myself. I have given up myself.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce V …
CSL Daily 12/07
FACT OF THE DAY: “Delinquents in the Snow” is an article Lewis wrote that was published today (Dec. 7) in 1957 in Time and Tide. It’s available in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Not all kinds of peace are compatible with all kinds of goodwill, nor do all those …
CSL Daily 12/06
FACT OF THE DAY: On Dec. 4, 1962 an informal conversation between Lewis, Kingsley Amis and Brian Aldiss was recorded and later published as “Unreal Estates.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A book’s no good to me until I’ve read it two or three times.” Unreal Estates (First recorded on 12/4/62 and later …
For the Sake of the Story (Dr. Donald T. Williams) 2016r
The following is the main part of an inaugural lecture from Dr. Donald T. Williams called “For the Sake of the Story: Doctrine and Discernment in Reading C.S. Lewis.” Dr. Williams is a Professor of English and Chair of the Humanities and Natural Sciences Department at Toccoa Falls College in Northeast Georgia. This audio is …
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CSL Daily 12/05
FACT OF THE DAY: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by Lewis published in the December 4, 1954 issue of Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the …
CSL Daily 12/04
FACT OF THE DAY: Selected Literary Essays, edited by Walter Hooper, was first published today (Dec. 4) in 1969. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Bible thus considered, for good or ill, as a single book, has been read for almost every purpose more diligently than for literary pleasure.” The Literary Impact of …
(CCSLQ-30) – Be Weird, Be Random
UPDATED (9/8/18) – The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is my book that examines 75 quotations attributed to Lewis that I caution you not to share. Some are falsely attributed to him, others are paraphrases of his words, and a few have context issues. Don’t share a quote attributed to Lewis unless you can confirm he wrote it and the meaning …