FACT OF THE DAY: “Period Criticism” is an essay about Chesterton that was first published today (Nov. 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 …
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Blimpophobia” is an article written by Lewis that was published on September 9, 1944 in Time and Tide.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The scratches on your back, tear for tear, throb for throb, blood for blood, were equal to the stripes laid on the back of your stepmother’s slave because of the drugged sleep you cast upon her. You needed to know what it felt like.”
The Horse and His Boy
(Published 9/6/54)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
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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.
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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’ Question transcript
(BBC Broadcast from 9/3/1941 known as “Some Objections” in Broadcast Talks)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How many languages has the Chronicles of Narnia been translated into?
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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.”
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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 receive it. ”
Haggard Rides Again
(Published in Time and Tide on 9/3/1960)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the source of this quote: “Stagnation, my dear boy, what is more soul destroying than stagnation?”
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Highlights for September 1-11 include: Two Narnia books published, a final fictional work, being on the cover of Time in the U.S. and his only title devoted to a book of the Bible.
Time CoverThe number of books published over the years during these ten days would be enough for most authors for an entire lifetime. Although, two of the titles are collections of shorter works were released after his death, interestingly the five others were during the last eleven years of his life. An additional title, A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis, is a lesser known collection of quotes first available in March, 1968, but was published as a paperback on the 9th in 1980.
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.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two articles came out in Time and Tide this month in the 1940’s. Can you name either?
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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.
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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 the knightly character is art not nature—something that needs to be achieved, not something that can be relied upon to happen. ”
The Necessity of Chivalry
(Published in Time and Tide on 8/17/1940)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (6 words):
“Christ died for men precisely because _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____; to make them worth it.”
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Highlights for August 12-21 include: A final series of radio talks, the concluding book of a series, two more talks from his initial broadcast series and a never before published essay by Lewis that became available in 1990.
The first scholarly book by Lewis was The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. The theme of love in a broader sense is (obviously) of great importance to him and can be found in a large variety of his writings. So it is of no surprise that when Lewis finally agreed to return to the microphone for another series of radio talks this was the theme. These talks were recorded in London on the 19th and 20th in 1958, but they were not done for the BBC (as his previous radio work was). It was the Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation from the United States who had made the request. Eventually the material from these talks were extended to become The Four Loves.
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.
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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 one could have imagined it before he tasted it. How much less Heaven. ”
Letter to Mrs. Johnson 8/7/1956
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What did Lewis do this month that made the publication of the Narnia books possible?
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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).
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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 Tide on 6/27/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What are Hrossa in Out of the Silent Planet?
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