CSL Daily 01/08/18

FACT OF THE DAY: On January 8, 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter to Sheldon Vanauken (from …

CSL Daily 12/05/17

FACT OF THE DAY: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” is a satirical piece by Lewis published in the December 4, 1954 issue of Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unless there is something about which the author is never ironical, there can be no true irony in the work.” …

CSL Daily 12/02/17

FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the 2nd of 3 of the Ballard Mathews lectures on Dec. 2, 1941 on Paradise Lost that later became part of his book A Preface to Paradise Lost. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I have no objection to the inclusion of Freudian explanations provided they are not allowed to exclude all …

CSL Daily 11/09/17

FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published on Nov. 9, 1946 in “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. Hear an “essay chat” podcast discussion on this shorter work, Period Criticism. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The truth is that the whole criticism which …

CSL Daily 9/04/17

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 9/03/17

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 8/07/17

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 …