C. S. Lewis And George Herbert’S The Temple,
2023
George Fox University
C. S. Lewis And George Herbert’S The Temple, Don W. King
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
This essay explores how George Herbert's The Temple serves as one of the most important “spiritual directors” in the poems, letters, and late prose of C. S. Lewis.
The Archangel Fragment: Identifying And Interpreting C. S. Lewis’S “Cryptic Note”,
2023
George Fox University
The Archangel Fragment: Identifying And Interpreting C. S. Lewis’S “Cryptic Note”, Joe Ricke
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
According to Dickieson and Starr, “On a blank page at the end of Stephens book, where the open space was apparently tempting, Brown found this cryptic note written in Lewis’s hand.” That note, the key link to the Bodleian fragment, reads as follows: "I tried v. hard to get hold of the letters on the other side—from the archangel to the guardian angel. But the only bit that ever camethrough didn’t make much sense. It was 'The children continued instructing the bears in the bend of the great river.'" However, for reasons they could not have known at that time, …
The Story Of A Half Sovereign,
2023
George Fox University
The Story Of A Half Sovereign, Albert James Lewis
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
An imaginative tale, reminiscent of Dickens, by C. S. Lewis's father, Albert J. Lewis.
The Quest Of Bleheris,
2023
George Fox University
The Quest Of Bleheris, C. S. Lewis
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Written between May and October 1916, The Quest of Bleheris is an unfinished narrative romance of seventeen chapters concerning the adventures of a young knight, Bleheris, as he moves from the relative safety of civilized society to the challenges and dangers of a wilderness experience. At almost 20,000 words, Bleheris was Lewis’s first sustained effort at prose fiction.
An Imaginative Tale From The Father Of C. S. Lewis,
2023
George Fox University
An Imaginative Tale From The Father Of C. S. Lewis, Crystal Hurd
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
“The Story of a Half Sovereign” resembles traditional work of the late nineteenth century. It possesses a trace of its ancestors in echoes of Dickens, as well as some similarities to the genuine issues featured in the Irish courts during Albert’s tenure as solicitor. However, beyond its significance as a simple story, “The Story of a Half Sovereign” serves to demonstrate the political and spiritual climate in which Warren and Jack developed. Their father’s insistence on personal integrity and biblical morality, his early frustrations with privilege among the ruling class, and his conviction to perform his Christian duty were not …
Introduction To The Quest Of Bleheris,
2023
George Fox University
Introduction To The Quest Of Bleheris, Don W. King
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
A summary and discussion of Lewis's first sustained effort at prose fiction, published for the first time in this issue of Sehnsucht.
In Memory: Walter Hooper (1931-2020),
2023
George Fox University
In Memory: Walter Hooper (1931-2020), Steven A. Beebe
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
No abstract provided.
Dorian And The Double: Repressed Homosexual Desire In The Picture Of Dorian Gray,
2023
University of Mary Washington
Dorian And The Double: Repressed Homosexual Desire In The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Alexandra Wohlford
Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects
Written for Dr. Chris Foss’s English 478 Seminar on Oscar Wilde, “Dorian and the Double: Repressed Homosexual Desire in The Picture of Dorian Gray” examines one of Wilde’s most infamous and beloved works through the lens of both psychoanalytic and queer theory. Drawing on the Romantic and Gothic traditions’ concept of the “literary double,” this research paper explores the dynamic portrait of Dorian Gray as a double for multiple characters in the text, serving as a representation of their repressed homosexual desire. Namely, Basil Hallward and Dorian Gray himself emerge as the primary focus of this analysis. In addition, …
Review Of Taliessin Through Logres And The Region Of The Summer Stars,
2023
George Fox University
Review Of Taliessin Through Logres And The Region Of The Summer Stars, Grevel Lindop
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Charles Williams, Taliessin through Logres and The Region of the Summer Stars, Introduction by Sorina Higgins (Berkeley, California: Apocryphile Press, 2016). 182 pages. $19.99. ISBN 9781944769314.
Review Of An Encouraging Thought: The Christian Worldview In The Writings Of J.R.R. Tolkein,
2023
George Fox University
Review Of An Encouraging Thought: The Christian Worldview In The Writings Of J.R.R. Tolkein, Timothy Wilson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Donald T. Williams, An Encouraging Thought: The Christian Worldview in the Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, (Cambridge, Ohio: Christian Publishing House, 2018). 154 pages. $11.95. ISBN 9781945757792.
Review Of The Messiah Comes To Middle-Earth: Images Of Christ's Threefold Office In The Lord Of The Rings,
2023
John Brown University
Review Of The Messiah Comes To Middle-Earth: Images Of Christ's Threefold Office In The Lord Of The Rings, Jonathan Himes
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Philip Ryken, The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth: Images of Christ’s Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, InterVarsity Press, 2017). xvi + 140 pages. $16.00. ISBN 9780830853724.
Review Of Inklings Forever, Volume X: Papers From The 10th Prances White Ewbank Colloquim On C.S. Lewis And Friends,
2023
Scottsdale Presbyterian Church
Review Of Inklings Forever, Volume X: Papers From The 10th Prances White Ewbank Colloquim On C.S. Lewis And Friends, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Joe Ricke and Rick Hill, eds., Inklings Forever, Volume X: Papers from the 10th Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis and Friends (Hamden, Connecticut: Winged Lion Press, 2017). viii + 567 pages. $24.95. ISBN 9781935688143.
Review Of The Surprising Imagination Of C.S. Lewis: An Introduction,
2023
George Fox University
Review Of The Surprising Imagination Of C.S. Lewis: An Introduction, Torri Frye
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of : Jerry Root and Mark Neal, The Surprising Imagination of C. S. Lewis: An Introduction (Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2015). xx + 270 pages. $34.99. ISBN 9781426795107.
Review Of C.S. Lewis Goes To Hell: A Companion And Study Guide To The Screwtape Letters,
2023
George Fox University
Review Of C.S. Lewis Goes To Hell: A Companion And Study Guide To The Screwtape Letters, Reggie Weems
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: William O’Flaherty, C. S. Lewis Goes to Hell: A Companion and Study Guide to the Screwtape Letters (Hamden, Connecticut: Winged Lion Press, 2016). 281 pages. $14.99. ISBN 9781935688112.
Review Of The Inklings And King Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkein, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, And Owen Barfield On The Matter Of Britain,
2023
George Fox University
Review Of The Inklings And King Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkein, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, And Owen Barfield On The Matter Of Britain, Tom Hillman
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Sørina Higgins, ed., The Inklings and King Arthur: J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield on the Matter of Britain (Berkeley, California: Apocryphile Press, 2017). 555 pages. $49.99. ISBN 9781944769895.
Review Of Flora Of Moddle-Earth: Plants Of J.R.R. Tolkein's Legendarium,
2023
University of Michigan
Review Of Flora Of Moddle-Earth: Plants Of J.R.R. Tolkein's Legendarium, Dominic J. Nardi Jr.
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Walter S. Judd and Graham A. Judd, Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legendarium (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). 424 pages. $43.95. ISBN 9780190276317.
"Raised By Implication": C.S. Lewis's Studies In Words And Historical And Moral Judgment,
2023
Dallas Baptist University
"Raised By Implication": C.S. Lewis's Studies In Words And Historical And Moral Judgment, Philip Irving Mitchell
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
C. S. Lewis wrote Studies in Words "to help students understand the lexical and historical meaning of certain common words, in effect, to assist “a more accurate reading of old books.” His choice of words, with their classical, European, and British contexts, is reflective of Lewis’s vocation as a professor of English literature. However, the chosen words also contain moral meanings. While the primary purpose of Studies is to train the reader in making conceptual distinctions, it also provides a kind of training in interpretive and historical responsibility that runs parallel with Lewis’s view of the natural moral law. The …
Review Of Speaking Of Jack: A C. S. Lewis Discussion Guide,
2023
George Fox University
Review Of Speaking Of Jack: A C. S. Lewis Discussion Guide, Emily E. Redman
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Will Vaus, Speaking of Jack: A C. S. Lewis Discussion Guide (Hamden, CT: 2011). 278 pages. $15.00. ISBN: 9781936294121.
Review Of Mythopoeic Narnia: Memory, Metaphor, And Metamorphoses In The Chronicles Of Narnia,
2023
American University in Dubai
Review Of Mythopoeic Narnia: Memory, Metaphor, And Metamorphoses In The Chronicles Of Narnia, Cory Lowell Grewell
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: Salwa Khoddam, Mythopoeic Narnia: Memory, Metaphor, and Metamorphoses in The Chronicles of Narnia (Hamden, CT, 2011). xiii + 259 pages. $16.99. ISBN: 9781936294114.
Review Of Toward The Gleam,
2023
Wheaton College, Illinois
Review Of Toward The Gleam, Christine A. Colón
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of: T. M. Doran, Toward the Gleam (San Francisco, 2011). 467 pages, $24.95. ISBN: 9781586176334.
