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Just finished THS for the first time

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Postby RLSHAW » November 15th, 2006, 1:06 am

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Postby Monica » November 15th, 2006, 2:13 pm

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Postby RLSHAW » November 16th, 2006, 1:19 am

I appreciate your comments, Monica and do agree with the clarifications and distinctions that you brought up.

Also, it is quite possible that I would benefit from a second reading.

My point is that while the end was dramatic, I was not just a little homesick having becomed accustomed to being let through "the wardrobe, into the REAL world" as Lewis indulged us in all of Narnia and the first two books of the trilogy. I guess I would like to see (for the benefit of my imagination as it is a constituent of my world view) what would have happened. The end of the world? I need more. Do Jane and Mark have a Perelandrical reunion and live happily ever after? The human dilemmas that Lewis hits upon in the personalities of the characters are so real- so easy to identify with. I realise the limitations of literature as well as the difference between allegory and fantasy. I have been so grateful for Lewis's writing, learning how to think and appreciate simplicity as a result of his work that I desire... direction. Of course that is not the only reason to read but it is a good reason. If I may contrast it with Return of the King theatrical production (I've not read the books), the conclusion was glorious! (And glorious is the word that best explains what I'm getting at.) Having conquered evil face to face, I could understand how the hobbits could live happily ever after, beit in seperate Lands, so to speak. THS didn't have a clear encounter with the evil face to face with the evil being a seperate entity- it only seemed to have gained control at N.I.C.E. and the "members" seemed to have been co-shepherds in leading the members, including themselves, off to slaughter.

Consideration and comment would be humbly appreciated.

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Re: Just finished THS for the first time

Postby a_hnau » November 26th, 2006, 8:34 pm

One of the recurring mysteries that has been bouncing around the 'net for years, it seems, is where (if anywhere) the quotation is to be found that Jane reads in the book she picks up from the table at St. Anne's - "The beauty of the female is the root of joy to the male..." I've done a Google search on this - probably the last time I did this was at least a year ago - and someone has pointed towards a letter by Lewis of June 19th 1930 (Collected Letters volume 1) where he says 'The idea of female beauty is the erotic stimulus for women as well as men' and refers to Owen Barfield's novel 'English People' (which I don't have, so don't know verbatim what Barfield wrote). Does anyone have a copy? I might pick one up from ABE or somewhere, probably there will be a cheap reading copy around.
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Postby rusmeister » November 27th, 2006, 2:37 am

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Re: Just finished THS for the first time

Postby a_hnau » November 27th, 2006, 9:16 pm

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Postby Coyote Goodfellow » November 29th, 2006, 12:34 am

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Postby rusmeister » November 29th, 2006, 3:09 am

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Postby Coyote Goodfellow » December 1st, 2006, 7:14 pm

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Postby rusmeister » December 4th, 2006, 7:36 pm

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