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Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Journal

1995

Forster, E.M. “The Celestial Omnibus” and Other Stories—Influence on C.S. Lewis

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C.S. Lewis’S Debt To E.M. Forster’S "The Celestial Omnibus" And Other Stories, Douglas Loney Jul 1995

C.S. Lewis’S Debt To E.M. Forster’S "The Celestial Omnibus" And Other Stories, Douglas Loney

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Demonstrates the debt C.S. Lewis owes to three short stories by E.M. Forster: “The Celestial Omnibus,” “The Other Side of the Hedge,” and “The Story of a Panic.” Notes similarities in the character of Eustace Scrubb and other incidents and themes in Lewis’s works.