QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I have no objection to the inclusion of Freudian explanations provided they are not allowed to exclude all others.” Behind the Scenes (Published in Time and Tide on 12/1/1956) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the 2nd of 3 of the Ballard Mathews lectures on Dec. 2, 1941 on Paradise Lost that …
CSL Daily 11/09/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The truth is that the whole criticism which turns on dates and periods, as if age-groups were the proper classification of readers, is confused and even vulgar.” Period Criticism (Published on 11/9/1946 as “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” …
CSL Daily 09/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide. It’s best available now in the Present Concerns collection of essays. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan, speaking to Aravis] “The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, …
CSL Daily 09/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On September 4, 1943 “My First School” was printed in Time and Tide as “Notes on the Way.” Reprinted in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only children quarrel about whether pancakes are nice or nasty, but grown men quarrel about whether an act is right or wrong.” Answers to Listeners’ …
CSL Daily 09/03/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard” was first published September 3, 1960 in Time and Tide as “Haggard Rides Again.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A great myth is relevant as long as the predicament of humanity lasts: as long as humanity lasts. It will always work, on those who can …
CSL Daily 08/17/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The essay now known as “The Necessity of Chivalry” was first published on August 17, 1940 in Time and Tide. Listen to an essay chat about this shorter work from my All About Jack podcast. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is still life in the tradition which the Middle …
CSL Daily 08/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published on August 7, 1947 in Time and Tide. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no …
CSL Daily 06/27/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out on June 27, 1963 (first published May 2, 1955). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.” First and Second Things (Published in Time and …
CSL Daily 06/26/18
FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things was first published June 27, 1942 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults …
CSL Daily 04/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave a talk on April 30, 1953 at the Socratic Club on “Faith and Evidence.” It was later published as “On Obstinacy in Belief.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, …