Tag: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

RETROSPECT: June 1st – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

The following is part of a series reflecting on the life of C.S. Lewis. This is accomplished by summarizing various events or happenings during his lifetime for the noted period and may include significant events related to him after his death.

Highlights for the first third of June (1st – 11th) include: two standout letters to children about Narnia, the acceptance of a new position late in his professional career and his most famous sermon.

Before the magic of Narnia started in 1950 C.S. Lewis had a magical year in 1941. In April he gave his first RAF talk, in May his first letter by Screwtape was published, in August he gave his first radio talk on the BBC and was asked to do a second series in September, then in December he gave a special series of lectures that became A Preface to Paradise Lost. But it is during the first part of June, 1941 that some would say was the best thing

RETROSPECT: April 1st – 10th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the first third of April (1st – 10th) include: Final broadcast from his last BBC series; preaching the same sermon for second time and the death of his grandfather.

The concluding BBC broadcast in the fourth and final series for Lewis stands out as the most noteworthy for this period. On the 4th in 1944 “The New Men” talk was heard from a recording made the previous month. It is the only surviving recording from the Beyond Personality series. When the book version came out it contained four additional chapters not heard on the radio (which are also found in Mere Christianity). When expanding the material for print Lewis actually modified the content of this talk and so what was actually heard that night is somewhat different than what is in the book. For the sake of simplicity I will

*UPDATE* on NEW Book BY C.S. Lewis Coming Late November

William OFlaherty CSL Minute

As Walter Hooper proposed to Cambridge University Press, 2013 would be the perfect time to release material by Lewis that prior to now hadn’t been available since first published. Plus, there were some essays difficult to obtain because of only being in books now out-of-print. The new title, Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews, is the result of what could be the final effort by Hooper to edit a collection of pieces by Lewis.

Retro: June 5th – 11th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect

This week’s highlights related to Lewis include: his most famous sermon, a first letter to an eventual longtime friend, winning a scholarship and a book related to his professional specialty.

Before the magic of Narnia started in 1950 C.S. Lewis had a magical year