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| | | | | Quite apart from the use of a commonplace wardrobe as a portal to a different world, and the introduction of a 're-booted' God figure join the form of Aslan, Lewis used other symbology in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Most notably the Hundred Years' Winter was a kind of allegory of the Ironic culture in which Lewis found himself - a culture which was in the process of rejecting Life and the entire idea of Christmas. Aslan brings with him the thawing of the snow and ice and the new life | |
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| | | | | Many words have been written about the death of Christopher Tolkien, and I don't feel like adding to them. I just draw your attention to these. | |
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| | | | | The Great War destroyed much the Inklings had held true, personally and culturally. Each lost friends, and each felt the guilt that any survivor of a war feels. Many of them refused to talk about their own experiences, for good or ill. J.R.R. Tolkien, perhaps, provides the best example. (essay by Bradley Birzer) | |
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| | | There is no doubt that C.S. Lewis has left a profound legacy for us, which I will talk about a bit on Friday, the 50th anniversary of C.S. Lewis' death. What we know most is what he wrote down. He has sold literally hundreds of millions of books in dozens of different genres. He made... | ||