FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote the preface to his scholarly work English Literature in the Sixteenth Century on this day in 1953.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Good books which are remote from modern sympathy need to be treated at greater length than good books which everyone already knows and loves.”
Preface to English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Written 10/7/1953)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
This month in what year did Lewis begin working where?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Landing” is a poem published in Punch on Sept. 15, 1948; a revised version is in Poems.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the source of this quote:
“Die before you die. There is no chance after.”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
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).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Before Narnia and Mere Christianity Lewis landed on the cover of what magazine?
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“Good books which are remote from modern sympathy need to be treated at greater length than good books which everyone already knows and loves.”
Preface to English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Written 10/7/1953)
Lewis wrote the preface to his scholarly work English Literature in the Sixteenth Century on this day in 1953.
“The limit of giving is to be the limit of our ability to give.”
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century
(Published 9/16/1954)
“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)
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)
Highlights for September 12th -21st include: Another Narnia book published, a landmark professional title, a final poetry book and the start of his third broadcast series.
If you thought the previous ten day span over the years was a productive period for Lewis, then you will be no less amazed at what occurred during this time. In the above highlights I didn’t even mentioned the autobiography that
