FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (Dec. 13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or …
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 …
CSL Daily 9/30
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (Sept. 30) in 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 5/4
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of Lewis’s spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy was published today (5/4) in 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 …
CSL Daily 1/1
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (1/1) in 1931 Lewis began the first “walking tour” with his brother Warnie. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/13
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (12/13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. – – – 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. …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 12/6
FACT OF THE DAY: On 12/4/1962 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 published after …
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: 5/4
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of Lewis’s spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy was published today (5/4) in 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 …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 30th
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date in 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph.
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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 source of energy which will give them all new life, if only they will put themselves at its disposal.”
Social Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 9/27/1942; Chapter two from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s mother got a degree from what university?
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