FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave the 2nd of 3 of the Ballard Mathews lectures today (12/2) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/9
FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published today (11/9) in 1946 in “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The truth is that the whole criticism which turns on dates and periods, as if age-groups were the proper …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/4
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (9/4) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/3
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard” was first published today (9/3) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/23
FACT OF THE DAY: While today (8/23) was Lewis’s father birthday it is also the date (in 1908) that his mother (Flora) died. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everyone begins as a child by liking Weather. You learn the art of disliking it as you grow up.” That Hideous Strength (Published in 8/16/1945) …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The essay now known as “The Necessity of Chivalry” was first published today (8/17) in 1940 in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is still life in the tradition which the Middle Ages inaugurated. But the maintenance of that life depends, in part, on knowing that …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/7
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published today (8/7) in Time and Tide in 1947. 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out today (6/27) in 1963 (first published 5/2/55). – – – 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/26
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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/30
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave a talk today (4/30) in 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, …