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The Image of Man in C. S. Lewis
It is in the role of remythologizer that C. S. Lewis has been most misunderstood, and it is there that his importance lies. His was the poetic intensity that saw all hell swallowed by a butterfly with no harm done. Of his creation are allegories and myth that express very real elements of life behond understanding or capture for more than a moment. White's 1969 study is the first to examine the entire Lewis corpus and the first to offer such an extensive bibliography. To these invaluable aids for Lewis scholars, White adds his own training in theology and literary criticism and a sensitivity to the complexities of the artist and the religious man. His interpretation of the intricate skeins of belief to be found in Lewis' work make this study as significant to the theological as to the literary world.
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The Image of Man in C. S. Lewis
It is in the role of remythologizer that C. S. Lewis has been most misunderstood, and it is there that his importance lies. His was the poetic intensity that saw all hell swallowed by a butterfly with no harm done. Of his creation are allegories and myth that express very real elements of life behond understanding or capture for more than a moment. White's 1969 study is the first to examine the entire Lewis corpus and the first to offer such an extensive bibliography. To these invaluable aids for Lewis scholars, White adds his own training in theology and literary criticism and a sensitivity to the complexities of the artist and the religious man. His interpretation of the intricate skeins of belief to be found in Lewis' work make this study as significant to the theological as to the literary world.
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The Image of Man in C. S. Lewis

The Image of Man in C. S. Lewis

The Image of Man in C. S. Lewis

The Image of Man in C. S. Lewis

Overview

It is in the role of remythologizer that C. S. Lewis has been most misunderstood, and it is there that his importance lies. His was the poetic intensity that saw all hell swallowed by a butterfly with no harm done. Of his creation are allegories and myth that express very real elements of life behond understanding or capture for more than a moment. White's 1969 study is the first to examine the entire Lewis corpus and the first to offer such an extensive bibliography. To these invaluable aids for Lewis scholars, White adds his own training in theology and literary criticism and a sensitivity to the complexities of the artist and the religious man. His interpretation of the intricate skeins of belief to be found in Lewis' work make this study as significant to the theological as to the literary world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781606082713
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 01/12/2009
Series: C. S. Lewis Secondary Studies
Edition description: Limited ed.
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

William Luther White, starting in 1963, was a professor of religion at Illinois Wesleyan University. He received a PhD from Northwestern University in the fields of systematic theology, contemporary literature and Christian ethics.

Table of Contents

Introduction 13

I The Man and His Reputation C. S. Lewis 21

II Myth, Metaphor, and Religious Meaning 36

III Poiema, Logos, and Literary Fantasy 57

IV A Critique of Some Lewis Critics 75

V Man as He Was Intended: Creation, with Fresh Images of Composite Creatures 88

VI Man as He Has Become: The Fall, with Fresh Images of "Bent" Men 119

VII Man as He May Become: Redemption, with Fresh Images of New Men, Part 1 140

VIII Man as He May Become: Redemption, with Fresh Images of New Men, Part 2 164

IX Man as He Is Yet to Be: Echatology, with Fresh Images of Human Destiny 191

Conclusion 211

Appendixes 215

1 Original Publication Dates of Lewis' Major Works 215

2 General Classification of Books C. S. Lewis 217

3 A Chronology of Some Major Events in Lewis' Life 219

4 A Glossary for Out of the Silent Planet 220

5 A Letter from J. R. R. Tolkien 221

Bibliography 223

Primary Works 223

Secondary Sources 225

Books and Dissertations 225

Journal and Periodical Articles 226

Book Reviews 229

Index 237

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"Supremely, Lewis is seen as a writer who gave to modern man one of the most luminous presentations of the Christian understanding of man himself....Lewis, by virtue of being a literary scholar and a poet before he turned theologian, has expounded and demonstrated an approach to the language of religion that scholars will disregard to their loss. They have no excuse for disregarading it. Dr. White's admirable book is ready at hand."

—Chad Walsh, from the foreword

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