Yeah, that book was Lewis' favorite too, but it seemed to get the least
attention in his lifetime (compared to the rest of his fiction). The
article on the weblink was pretty good overall. I think the author
tried to make the book seem more explicitly Christian than it really was
(although most of the points of reference cited in the article are
accurate), and the author probably doesn't really understand Lewis'
relationship to antiquity.
This one line was complete nonsense:
> Something very similar happens to Orual in /TWHF/; in fact an extended
> comparison of her coerced self-discovery and David's is instructive.
> Both figures are wily rulers who brought about their own surprising
> ascensions to the throne,
Not the David and Orual I've read about.
Anyway, all in all, the guy seemed to get the point. Nice read.
Jim
Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:
>It is a favorite of mine, too.
>
>http://capo.org/premise/98/july/p980717.html
>Daniel
>
>Yeah...that's my favorite Lewis novel. It's a deliberate take-off on
>the Cupid and Psyche story, though...with a bit of a twist.
>
>Jim
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>Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:
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>>Yes, similar to Till we Have Faces.
>>Daniel
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>>That's pretty cool -- it reads like a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche
>>myth...
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>>Jim
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