Plain to the inward eye : selected essays on C.S. Lewis / Don W. King.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-329) and index.

Narnia and the seven deadly sins -- The childlike in George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis -- The door as Christian metaphor -- The rhetorical similarities of Bertrand Russell and C.S. Lewis -- The distant voice in C.S. Lewis's poems -- Making the poor best of dull things: C.S. Lewis as poet -- C.S. Lewis's the Quest of Bleheris as poetic prose -- The poetry of prose: C S. Lewis, Ruth Pitter, and Perelandra -- Quorum porum: the literary cats of T.S. Eliot, Ruth Pitter, and Dorothy L. Sayers -- Devil to devil: John Milton, C.S. Lewis, and Screwtape -- The nature poetry of Ruth Pitter -- Joy Davidman and the new masses: communist poet and reviewer -- Fire and ice: C.S. Lewis and the love poetry of Joy Davidman and Ruth Pitter -- Reviews and review essays.

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A collection of essays by a career C . S . Lewis scholar on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis's death. C.S. Lewis scholar Don W. King has kept a critical eye on the work by and about Lewis for four decades. Now, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lewis's death, King has put together a collection of his essays and critical reviews organized around four areas. The first deals mainly with what will perhaps be Lewis's longest lasting legacy--his Chronicles of Narnia. The second deals with Lewis's poetry, a neglected area of his work. The third focuses on Lewis and the two women poets with whom he had lasting relationships: Ruth Pitter and Joy Davidman. (Lewis and Davidman eventually fell in love and later married, twice.) The fourth offers a critical perspective on the way in which critical interest in Lewis has developed over the last thirty years. Essays and reviews include: Narnia and the Seven Deadly Sins The Wardrobe as Christian Metaphor The Childlike in George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis Making the Poor Best of Dull Things: C.S. Lewis as Poet C.S. Lewis's The Quest of Bleheris as Poetic Prose The Poetry of Prose: C.S. Lewis, Ruth Pitter, and Perelandra Fire and Ice: C.S. Lewis and the Love Poetry of Joy Davidman and Ruth Pitter Review of Shadowlands (film), directed by Richard Attenborough Review of C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide by Walter Hooper Review of C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters (3 vols.), by Walter Hooper Review of The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs A Review Essay on Recent Books on C.S. Lewis.

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