QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Charles Williams writes] that sort of book in which we begin by saying, ‘Let us suppose that this everyday world were, at some one point, invaded by the marvellous. Let us, in fact, suppose a violation of frontier.’” The Novels of Charles Williams (Talk recorded and aired on 2/11/1949; now found …
CSL Daily 09/22/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On September 22, 1944 “The Death of Words” was published in The Spectator. It was republished in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most important sense of a word is not always the most useful. What is the good of deepening a word’s connotation if you deprive the word …
CSL Daily 09/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories edited by Walter Hooper was released on September 5, 1966. All the stories are also in The Dark Tower. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No man would find an abiding strangeness on the Moon unless he were the sort of man who could find it …
CSL Daily 06/25/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On Stories: and Other Essays on Literature was initially published on June 24th in 1982. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We act from duty in the hope that someday we shall do the same acts freely and delightfully.” The Novels of Charles Williams (Published in On Stories on 6/24/1982) More …
CSL Daily 04/29/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Found in On Stories, “On Three Ways of Writing for Children” was first a talk given on April 29, 1952 to the Library Association at Bournemouth. Hear a podcast about that essay from my All About Jack show. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When I became a man I put …
CSL Daily 02/12/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Malcolm came out in the US on February 12, 1964. It had been released in the UK at the end of the previous month. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Charles Williams writes] that sort of book in which we begin by saying, ‘Let us suppose that this everyday …
CSL Daily 02/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spoke on the BBC on February 11, 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with one’s …
CSL Daily 9/22/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On September 22, 1944 “The Death of Words” was published in The Spectator. It was republished in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most important sense of a word is not always the most useful. What is the good of deepening a word’s connotation if you deprive the word …
CSL Daily 9/05/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories edited by Walter Hooper was released on September 5, 1966. All the stories are also in The Dark Tower. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No man would find an abiding strangeness on the Moon unless he were the sort of man who could find it …
CSL Daily 6/25/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On Stories: and Other Essays on Literature was initially published on June 24th in 1982. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We act from duty in the hope that someday we shall do the same acts freely and delightfully.” The Novels of Charles Williams (Published in On Stories on 6/24/1982)