FACT OF THE DAY: Letters: C.S. Lewis, Don Giovanni Calabria: A Study in Friendship was published on November 1, 1988 and contained 28 letters from Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The voice of God indeed daily calls to us; calls to the world to abandon sins and seek the Kingdom of God …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/30
FACT OF THE DAY: “A Note on Jane Austen” was published in the October, 1954 issue of Essays in Criticism. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard core of morality and even of religion seems to me to be just what makes good comedy possible.” A Note on Jane Austen (Published in the …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/27
FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was released today (10/27) in 1969. It included the entire contents of Dymer, Lewis’s second poetry book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We want in fact not so much a father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven – a senile benevolence who as they say ‘liked …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/23
FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth and final radio drama of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe aired on the BBC today (10/23) in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God makes no appetite in vain.” Learning in War-Time (Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”) – – – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/19
FACT OF THE DAY: A new edition of Dymer, Lewis’s last poetry book was published today (10/19) in 1950. It included a new preface. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “From at least the age of six, romantic longing – Sehnsucht – had played an unusually central part in my experience. Such longing is …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/16
FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published book of Narnia stories was published today (10/16) in 1950. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/13
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (10/13) in 1961 An Experiment in Criticism was published; while a professional title by Lewis it is more readable than others. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality.” An Experiment in Criticism (Published 10/13/1961) – – – QUIZ …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God was published on this date (10/9) in 1944; from the final series of talks on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” Nice …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/6
FACT OF THE DAY: “Horrid Red Things” was published today (10/6) in Church of England Newspaper in 1944. It was adapted in the book Miracles. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/2
FACT OF THE DAY: Originally an unsigned review, Lewis’s views on The Hobbit was published today (10/2) in 1937 in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Hobbit…will be funniest to its youngest readers, and only years later, at a tenth or a twentieth reading, will they begin to realise what deft scholarship …