Below you’ll see seven quotes selected from a variety of Lewis’s works over the years that are related to this week (or month). There is also a special video version of this for my YouTube channel, Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis, and an audio-only version via my podcast, All About Jack. Direct links to each version are …
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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. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.” The Vision …
Here’s a master list of all my “essay chat” podcasts. Below is a list of the essay title on the left and then the guest on the right. Notice that below the list is an embedded link that should display the most recent podcasts overall. “Sometimes Fairy Stories…” Holly Ordway “The Necessity of Chivalry” Bruce Johnson …
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. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.” The Vision …
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. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.” The Vision …
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published on Dec. 13, 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. Hear and “essay chat” podcast on it via my All About Jack podcast. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing …
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 …
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. …
“The Vision of John Bunyan” was the topic for my 11th and 12th essay chat back in 2012. For this re-release I combined the shows because together they are just over twenty minutes. Kevin Belmonte, who joined me for the third essay chat (and other shows) returned for this discussion. As always, in addition to …
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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.
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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. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.We must be taught that this tent is not home.”
The Vision of John Bunyan
(Published in The Listener on 12/13/1962)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the first academic title Lewis had published?
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