“The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
FACT: September 17, 2013
“The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems.
QUIZ: September 17, 2013
Before Narnia and Mere Christianity Lewis landed on the cover of what magazine?
QUOTE: September 16, 2013
“The rule of decorum exists to avoid clashes or shocks to organized sensibility: but it was an early discovery that an occasional defiance of the rule, resulting in a shock, can give pleasure; a pleasure rich in tragic or comic possibilities. Indeed one of the purposes for which the rule exists is that it may sometimes be broken.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
QUIZ: September 16, 2013
Besides reading the Chronicles of Narnia in the order they were published, how many other “orders” can you read the series?
FACT: September 16, 2013
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama by Lewis was published today (9/16) in 1954. (It was nearly 30 years in the making)
QUIZ: September 15, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words): “Progress means not just changing, but _____ ______ _____ _____.”
FACT: September 15, 2013
The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ was first published today in 1952. It was the third released Narnia story.
QUOTE: September 15, 2013
“But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.”
The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’
(Published 9/15/52)
FACT: September 14, 2013
“The Adam Unparadised” is a poem first published today in 1949 in Punch as “A Footnote to Pre-History”