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Literature

May
21
A sketch of Satan from William Blake's Paradise Lost plates

Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #3 - A Preface to Paradise Lost

Perhaps Lewis's most lasting contribution to literary criticism, he uses A Preface to Paradise Lost to push back against some confused trends.
14 min read
Feb
17
C.S. Lewis and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

Reading C.S. Lewis's Academic Books #2: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

A massive and magnificent literary history, English Literature and Sixteenth Century is Lewis's most intellectual work, and also some of his wittiest.
14 min read