tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post6219130203158434888..comments2023-08-26T06:24:00.597-06:00Comments on A Reasonable Imagination: C.S. Lewis: An Experiment in CriticismRobert Velardehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665635776181855486noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-86095214688188343102008-08-18T07:17:00.000-06:002008-08-18T07:17:00.000-06:00It's amazing we see Lewis as so scholarly when he,...It's amazing we see Lewis as so scholarly when he, himself, said he wrote to the non-scholar of his day. His audience wasn't the elitist academic, but the every day man of his time.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737176726360623655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-27088570638622503132008-08-17T21:38:00.000-06:002008-08-17T21:38:00.000-06:00Anonymous, glad you found the comments about An Ex...Anonymous, glad you found the comments about <I>An Experiment in Criticism</I> useful. Unfortunately, Lewis has indeed been ignored or marginalized at academic levels. His book <I>The Allegory of Love</I>, for instance, is out of print, as is <I>English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama</I>. His <I>Preface to Paradise Lost</I> is excellent, but it too seems to lack a firm placeRobert Velardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665635776181855486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-8703364427779425972008-08-17T19:41:00.000-06:002008-08-17T19:41:00.000-06:00Robert, thank you for your comments on the book. I...Robert, thank you for your comments on the book. I received it as a gift four years years ago from a professor but only opened it for the first time, I'm ashamed to say, two days ago. The first chapter was so rich in insight I had to reread it 3 times to make sure I hadn't missed anything. My research questions address the texts that linger in a cultural sense and in the lives of individual Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-9852967158385843042008-07-30T08:30:00.000-06:002008-07-30T08:30:00.000-06:00I think you can think for one-self and not need to...I think you can think for one-self and not need to be original. You can believe the Bible, for instance, not simply because you were told to, but because you know how to think and you know it is true. There is nothing new under the sun. We are always going to glean from those we read and accept what is true and dispense with what is not. Schaeffer was a student of Van Til and Lewis learned from Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737176726360623655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-84953464039186021482008-07-29T16:01:00.000-06:002008-07-29T16:01:00.000-06:00David, thanks for the post. I think you will enjoy...David, thanks for the post. I think you will enjoy <I>An Experiment in Criticism</I>.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are a few Lewis books that are out of print such as <I>English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama</I>, <I>The Allegory of Love</I>, and <I>Selected Literary Essays</I>.<BR/><BR/>Original ideas are hard to come by. But even Lewis admitted as much, acknowledging that many of Robert Velardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665635776181855486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-53373508955984630342008-07-29T15:46:00.000-06:002008-07-29T15:46:00.000-06:00Robert,Thanks for the tip on this Lewis book. I h...Robert,<BR/>Thanks for the tip on this Lewis book. I had heard of it, but had never ventured to purchase or read it. I, like Karla, have read almost everything. I have most certainly read almost everything still in print. There's some out of print stuff too, right?<BR/><BR/>Also, thanks for your (or Lewis') thoughts about thinking for one's self. I borrow from other ideas, read the newspaperDavid Strunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219283514546114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-56309780263467055322008-07-29T11:28:00.000-06:002008-07-29T11:28:00.000-06:00The book you came across was probably English Lite...The book you came across was probably <I>English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama</I>. This is a chunky book that was part of the Oxford History of English Literature series (or the O HELL, as Lewis jokingly called it!).<BR/><BR/>I have not been to the Eagle and Child, but hope to visit it someday. The setting ideas for my chapter at the pub came from photographs.Robert Velardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665635776181855486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-71434091522276174722008-07-29T11:13:00.000-06:002008-07-29T11:13:00.000-06:00I think the literature criticism book I came acro...I think the literature criticism book I came across was a thick book. I never found it again. I'll have to get the book you mention soon. I've read just about all of his books. <BR/><BR/>Awesome. Have you been to the Eagle and Child? I plan to visit Oxford one day and see that pub. I would love to take the RZIM course there one summer.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737176726360623655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-86719768308733286542008-07-29T10:23:00.000-06:002008-07-29T10:23:00.000-06:00Thanks for the comments, Karla. An Experiment in C...Thanks for the comments, Karla. <I>An Experiment in Criticism</I> is one of my favorite non-fiction books by Lewis. Also, it's short and, as such, offers a good intro to his mature thinking about literature.<BR/><BR/>On sitting in on an Inklings meeting, see my book <I>Conversations with C.S. Lewis</I>, which features a chapter set at the Eagle and Child pub. Sayers is not present, but Lewis, Robert Velardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665635776181855486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3114873833839278910.post-65724997910132130532008-07-29T10:04:00.000-06:002008-07-29T10:04:00.000-06:00Awesome. I am a huge Lewis fan, but I haven't hear...Awesome. I am a huge Lewis fan, but I haven't heard of that book, I don't think. I once saw a book by him in the literary criticism section of a book store and never found it again. Maybe that was it. I didn't know the title to find it again. I'll have to get that one. I just finished re-reading the Screwtape Letters and Miracles. I read The Chronicles of Narnia quiet frequently since childhood. Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737176726360623655noreply@blogger.com