Selected Literary Essays (Canto Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (536 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1107685389 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lewis on any writer that does not provoke attention and inspire awe at his energy and clarity of mind." Claude Rawson, Yale University . "There is no essay by C. S
James said A Great Get. Get One Before They Disappear.. Not much to add to the excellent review already written titled "Missing Link." Of course I best enjoyed the essays concerned with literature I have read, but I did not bog down with the ones that were beyond my reach. There's some untranslated French and Latin to wade through or skip over.His writing voice and insight are so dependable I am almost content t. Christopher Grant said Contains some gems. I've read and enjoyed almost all of Lewis's other writings, so I decided to check _Selected Literary Essays_ (SLE) out of the campus library and read it over the Christmas break. Some of the essays (e.g., "Metre", "The Alliterative Metre", and "The Fifteenth-Century Heroic Line") will be of quite limited interest, I think, and I wouldn't be surprised if som. "The Missing Link" according to Rachel Simmons. That this collection stays of print while so many of C. S. Lewis's other writings are re-packaged (quite uselessly) again and again is, as the saying goes, worse than a crime: it is a blunder. A few of these works are available elsewhere (not that having them available in "They Asked for a Paper" is much help - it's out of print too), but most are not.To ai
Lewis's most important literary essays, written between 1932 and 1962. Common to each essay, however, is the lively wit, the distinctive forthrightness and the discreet erudition which characterizes Lewis's best critical writing.. The topics discussed range from Chaucer to Kipling, from 'The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version' to 'Psycho-Analysis and Literary Criticism,' from Shakespeare and Bunyan to Sir Walter Scott and William Morris. S. This volume includes over twenty of C