C.S. Lewis, Public Intellectual,
2023
Palm Beach Atlantic University
C.S. Lewis, Public Intellectual, Samuel Joeckel
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Despite such hints and evocations, it appears that no one has attempted a systematic analysis of Lewis as a public intellectual. That is, no one has methodically employed extant theories on the concept of the public intellectual to assess how (or even whether) he fits the bill. No one has used these theories as an interpretive lens for analyzing Lewis’ writings. No one has analyzed the historical conditions during Lewis’ lifetime that pushed him into the role of public intellectual. No one has explored how Lewis adheres to the conventions of public discourse, the language of the public intellectual. And …
Adventures Dipped In Myth: The Voyage Of The 'Dawn Treader' As Quest Saga,
2023
Arizona State University
Adventures Dipped In Myth: The Voyage Of The 'Dawn Treader' As Quest Saga, D. G. Kehl
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
"No works of Lewis deal with the quest motif more extensively, consistently, and significantly than The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–6)....It is The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader,’ however, which perhaps best exemplifies the quest motif and which itself constitutes a quest saga."
Review Of Narnia And The Fields Of Arbol: The
Environmental Vision Of C. S. Lewis,
2023
Hope College
Review Of Narnia And The Fields Of Arbol: The Environmental Vision Of C. S. Lewis, Charles Huttar
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Matthew Dickerson and David O’Hara, Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009). xiii + 304 pages. $35.00. ISBN 9780813125220.
Review Of The Magician’S Book: A Skeptic’S Adventures In Narnia,
2023
Arizona State University
Review Of The Magician’S Book: A Skeptic’S Adventures In Narnia, D. G. Kehl
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Laura Miller, The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008). 311 pages. $25.99. ISBN 9780316017633.
Review Of The Rhetoric Of Certitude: C. S. Lewis’ Nonfiction Prose,
2023
York College
Review Of The Rhetoric Of Certitude: C. S. Lewis’ Nonfiction Prose, James T. Como
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Gary L. Tandy, The Rhetoric of Certitude: C. S. Lewis’ Nonfiction Prose (Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2009). 135 pages. $39.95. ISBN: 9780873389730.
Review Of The Inklings Of
Oxford: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, And Their Friends,
2023
Oxford University
Review Of The Inklings Of Oxford: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, And Their Friends, Grayson Carter
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Harry Lee Poe [text] and James Ray Veneman [photography], The Inklings of Oxford: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Their Friends (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009). 176 pages. $24.99. ISBN: 9780310285038.
Review Of Why I Believe In Narnia: 33 Reviews & Essays On The Life &
Works Of C. S. Lewis,
2023
Grand Canyon University
Review Of Why I Believe In Narnia: 33 Reviews & Essays On The Life & Works Of C. S. Lewis, James P. Helfers
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of James Como, Why I Believe in Narnia: 33 Reviews & Essays on the Life & Works of C. S. Lewis (Wayne, PA: Zossima Press, 2008). 288 pages. $15.99. ISBN: 9780972322188.
Review Of C. S. Lewis: Views From Wake Forest. Essays On C. S.
Lewis By Walter Hooper, James Como, And Many Others,
2023
Vanguard University of Southern University
Review Of C. S. Lewis: Views From Wake Forest. Essays On C. S. Lewis By Walter Hooper, James Como, And Many Others, David G. Clark
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Michael Travers (ed.), C. S. Lewis: Views from Wake Forest. Essays on C. S. Lewis by Walter Hooper, James Como, and many others (Wayne, PA: Zossima Press, 2008). 288 pages. $23.00. ISBN: 9780972322157.
Review Essay: C. S. Lewis On The Final Frontier: Science And The Supernatural In The Space Trilogy,
2023
Lehigh Valley Christian High School
Review Essay: C. S. Lewis On The Final Frontier: Science And The Supernatural In The Space Trilogy, Sørina Higgins
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Sanford Schwartz, C. S. Lewis on the Final Frontier: Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). 256 pages. $27.95. ISBN: 9780195374728.
The Lore Of Wood And Stone: Magic In The Chronicles Of Narnia And The Lord Of The Rings,
2023
Houston Baptist University
The Lore Of Wood And Stone: Magic In The Chronicles Of Narnia And The Lord Of The Rings, Louis Markos
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Lewis and Tolkien were apologists for magic in an age where the lore of wood and stone had all but been crushed between two opposing forces: secular technologies that seek to conquer nature and force it to serve the whims of man, and Christian churches that see in magic only the evil sorcery of Simon Magus and the Witch of Endor. In The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, modern readers are presented with a different incantation: a magic that shatters the anti-humanistic side of technology while affirming the deep and abiding creativity of the Triune God.
Why Father Christmas Appears In Narnia,
2023
King's College, London
Why Father Christmas Appears In Narnia, P. H. Brazier
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
"Though Lewis did not explain the presence of Father Christmas in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, given his methodology of “supposal” it is reasonable to formulate an explanation in these terms, rather than seeking allegorical coincidences; clearly, in the context of the internal coherence within the story, this explanation makes a certain sense. Father Christmas’ presence in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe may at first generate confusion and skepticism from those who fail to see that he is a “gift-bearer” sent by Aslan. In Platonic terms, however, he is ultimately a gift-bearer sent by God, Aslan’s …
What C.S. Lewis Really Did To "Cupid And Psyche",
2023
Northwestern University
What C.S. Lewis Really Did To "Cupid And Psyche", Charles Huttar
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
The story of Lewis's engagement, starting at age 18, with Apuleius's story of Cupid and Psyche.
Back Matter (Volume 2, Issue 1),
2023
Fuller Theological Seminary SW
Back Matter (Volume 2, Issue 1), Grayson Carter
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
No abstract provided.
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Exhibition,
2023
Scottsdale Presbyterian Church
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Exhibition, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Personal Heresy: A Controversy,
2023
Scottsdale Presbyterian Church
Review Of The Personal Heresy: A Controversy, Bruce R. Johnson
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of The Personal Heresy: A Controversy. By C. S. Lewis and E. M. W. Tillyard. Edited by Joel Heck, with an Introduction by Bruce L. Edwards. Austin, Tex.: Concordia University Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-1-8818481-0-3. Pp. xix + 129. $19.95
Review Essay: Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens In The Imagination Of C. S. Lewis (Higgins),
2023
Lehigh Valley Christian High School
Review Essay: Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens In The Imagination Of C. S. Lewis (Higgins), Sørina Higgins
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis. By Michael Ward. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978- 0-19-53138701. Pp. xii + 347. $29.95
Review Essay: Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens In The Imagination Of C. S. Lewis (Connell),
2023
Northern Arizona University
Review Essay: Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens In The Imagination Of C. S. Lewis (Connell), Charles W. Connell
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Review of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis. By Michael Ward. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978- 0-19-53138701. Pp. xii + 347. $29.95.
C.S. Lewis: Literary Criticism And Critical Theory A Primary And Secondary Bibliography,
2023
Grand Canyon University
C.S. Lewis: Literary Criticism And Critical Theory A Primary And Secondary Bibliography, James P. Helfers
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Excerpt: "A major problem with compiling a focused bibliography of texts related to C. S. Lewis’ work as a literary critic and critical theorist is that critical theory as a concept is a relatively recent invention. One can think of critical theory as the explicit consideration of the ontological and epistemological status of objects of literary study, and as the philosophical consideration of various aspects of the interpretation of texts (hermeneutics). Although a number of philosophical writings since the Greek Classical Period have significance for critical theory, the idea that an interpretive approach to texts can be considered philosophically probably …
Toward A Narnian Valuation Of Nature: Participatory Ontology,
2023
Southwest Oregon Community College
Toward A Narnian Valuation Of Nature: Participatory Ontology, Jeff Sellars
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Lewis’ appreciation of nature begs the question: from where does the natural world gain its purpose and meaning? Lewis’ valuation of nature can be understood perhaps best through participatory ontology: the immanent world is valued and saved only through the participation of the divine; the lower life is brought up into the higher life. This view can be seen very openly and unmistakably throughout The Chronicles of Narnia, where the natural Narnian world of plants, animals, trees, and creatures of all kinds are celebrated, and some are eventually included in the New Narnia.
Diversity In Times Of Adversity: Sounding A Horn In Narnia,
2023
Arizona State University
Diversity In Times Of Adversity: Sounding A Horn In Narnia, D. G. Kehl
Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal
Why, one might ask, does Lewis go to such great lengths to specify twelve different varieties of animals—“all you variety of creatures”—if not to stress diversity? In Letters to Malcolm Lewis wrote: “If grace perfects nature it must expand all our natures into the full richness of the diversity which God intended when He made them.”
