QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What I want is a straight fight between the new morality and that of the law.” Sex in Literature (Published 9/30/1962 in The Sunday Telegraph) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Sept. 30, 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis …
CSL Daily 05/04/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes— it is sometimes hard to obey St. Paul’s ‘Rejoice.’ We must try to take life moment by moment. The actual present is usually pretty tolerable, I think, if only we refrain from adding to its burden that of the past and the future.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 5/4/1962 …
CSL Daily 12/13/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or treatise. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.” The Vision …
CSL Daily 12/06/18
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 published after his death) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Dec. 4, 1962 an informal conversation between Lewis, Kingsley Amis and Brian Aldiss was recorded and …
CSL Daily 09/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On Sept. 30, 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What I want is a straight fight between the new morality and that of the law.” Sex in Literature (Published 9/30/1962 in The Sunday Telegraph) Learn More Details about The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 05/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of Lewis’s spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy was published May 4, 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes— it is sometimes hard to obey St. Paul’s ‘Rejoice.’ We must try to take life moment by moment. The actual present is usually pretty tolerable, I think, if only …
CSL Daily 12/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published on Dec. 13, 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. Hear and “essay chat” podcast on it via my All About Jack podcast. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing …
CSL Daily 12/06/17
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 …
CSL Daily 9/30/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On Sept. 30, 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What I want is a straight fight between the new morality and that of the law.” Sex in Literature (Published 9/30/1962 in The Sunday Telegraph)
CSL Daily 5/04/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of Lewis’s spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy was published May 4, 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes— it is sometimes hard to obey St. Paul’s ‘Rejoice.’ We must try to take life moment by moment. The actual present is usually pretty tolerable, I think, …