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C.S. The Great Divorce—Sources; Medieval dream vision—Relation to The Great Divorce; Tolkien
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Considering The Great Divorce (Parts I And Ii), J. R. Christopher
Considering The Great Divorce (Parts I And Ii), J. R. Christopher
Mythcon Proceedings
The author takes two approaches in this discussion of The Great Divorce: enumerating the medieval sources and analogues for Lewis’s story, particularly The Divine Comedy but also other dream-visions such as The Romance of the Rose; and seeking out modern parallels and inspirations, such as Forster’s “The Celestial Omnibus” but more importantly Tolkien’s “Leaf by Niggle” and Williams’s All Hallows’ Eve.