FACT OF THE DAY: Originally an unsigned review, Lewis’s views on The Hobbit was published today (10/2) in 1937 in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Hobbit…will be funniest to its youngest readers, and only years later, at a tenth or a twentieth reading, will they begin to realise what deft scholarship …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/1
FACT OF THE DAY: “Historicism” is a article published in the October, 1950 issue of The Month. It’s reprinted in Christian Reflections. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Historicism is an illusion and that Historicists are, at the very best, wasting their time. I hope it is already clear that in criticizing Historicists I am not …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/30
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (9/30) in 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Christianity] was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to the right jobs, and a …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/29
FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published today (9/29) in 1961, but it wasn’t until after his death that it was attributed to Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.” …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/28
FACT OF THE DAY: The September 1946 issue of The Atlantic Monthly featured an article called “C.S. Lewis, Apostle to the Skeptics” by Chad Walsh. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Christianity] was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd talk in the third BBC series (Christian Behaviour) was broadcast today (9/27) in 1942. Published it was called “Social Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.” Social Morality (Broadcast on BBC …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/26
FACT OF THE DAY: The 22nd Screwtape letter was published today (9/26) in 1941 in The Guardian (before being release in 1942 as a single book). It’s the only one signed by Toadpipe. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everything has to be twisted before it’s any use to us.” The Screwtape Letters – XXII (First …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (9/25) in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.” The Screwtape Letters – XXI (First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/24
FACT OF THE DAY: On September 12, 1951 “The Country of the Blind” is a poem first published in Punch and available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.” Out of the Silent Planet (Published 9/23/1938) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: Complete the quote …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Out of the Silent Planet was first published on this day (9/23) in 1938. It was his second fictional story for Lewis as a Christian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every day in a life fills the whole life with expectation and memory.” Out of the Silent Planet (Published …