tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post5692913844002294764..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: The geography of allegory ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-9140367399621172052009-07-09T06:10:07.127-04:002009-07-09T06:10:07.127-04:00Yes, Art, Charles Williams deserves to far better ...Yes, Art, Charles Williams deserves to far better known than he is.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-86068192704897594672009-07-09T06:09:49.047-04:002009-07-09T06:09:49.047-04:00Yes, Art, Charles Williams deserves to far better ...Yes, Art, Charles Williams deserves to far better known than he is.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-85521807190733436572009-07-08T22:39:49.684-04:002009-07-08T22:39:49.684-04:00I'm not a Lewis fan in general. I think you...I'm not a Lewis fan in general. I think you're right, though, Frank, in you assessment. Lewis' non-fiction writing is often so drearily pedantic (with one or two exceptions), not to mention not really all that logical, that his fictional allegories get his messages across quite a bit better.<br /><br />I far prefer Charles Williams. A much deeper thinker, and a deeper Christian thinker, IMHO.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-73415876664552939652009-07-08T18:25:52.321-04:002009-07-08T18:25:52.321-04:00C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien (fiction and nonf...C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien (fiction and nonfiction) ought to be required reading for all children, teens, adults, and geriatric codgers (myself included in the latter group). On need not be conversant in theology to know that those two Brits had something profound and useful to say, and we ought to listen to them, and we ought to applaud the creative clarity and sense of wonder that comes through in almost every one of their works.<br /><br />Well, with that having been said (and with time on my hands), I might as well dig out my NARNIA books and spend some time with a master storyteller. And then it is on to SCREWTAPE (with its searing ironies) and perhaps some of his slender but wonder-filled volumes of nonfiction.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-10658052150607354672009-07-08T18:16:36.216-04:002009-07-08T18:16:36.216-04:00The Screwtape Letters is a masterpiece, principall...<i>The Screwtape Letters</i> is a masterpiece, principally because of the insight it provides into how the human psyche works.Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-59397972331218505692009-07-08T16:47:27.251-04:002009-07-08T16:47:27.251-04:00Well, yeah ... but I think the "Screwtape Let...Well, yeah ... but I think the "Screwtape Letters" is more fun!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08952101708880633319noreply@blogger.com