Women and C.S. Lewis : what his life and literature reveal for today's culture / edited by Carolyn Curtis and Mary Pomroy Key.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curtis, Carolyn, 1958- editor.

Key, Mary Pomroy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Relations with women.

Lewis, C. S.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

Gender identity in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Relations with women.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

287 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Lion Books, 2015.

Summary:

Sexism in Narnia? Or Screwtape?. Or amongst the Inklings? Many critics have labelled C.S. Lewis a sexist, even a misogynist. Did the life and writing of the hugely popular author and professor betray attitudes that today are unacceptable, even deplorable? The younger Lewis was criticized for a mysterious living arrangement with a woman, but his later marriage to an American poet, Joy Davidman, became a celebrated love story. As a writer he, along with J.R.R. Tolkien, formed a legendary literary group, the Inklings - but without women. In this collection of short essays, opinion pieces, and interviews, academics and writers come together to investigate these accusations. They include Alister McGrath, Randy Alcorn, Monika Hilder, Don W. King, Kathy Keller, Colin Duriez, Crystal Hurd, Jeanette Sears, David C. Downing, Malcolm Guite, and Holly Ordway. The resulting work, Women and C.S. Lewis, provides broad and satisfying answers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Was C.S Lewis sexist? Is he relevant today / Carolyn Curtis

Not mere mortals / Mary Pomroy Key

Section one. Lewis, the man

and the women in his life. Enduring influence of Flora Lewis / Crystal Hurd

What do we make of Lewis' relationship with Mrs Moore? / Paul McCusker

Helen Joy Davidman (Mrs C.S. Lewis) 1915-1960: a portrait / Lyle W. Dorsett

Fire and ice: why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman rather than Ruth Pitter? / Don W. King

Divine comedy of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers / Crystal L. Downing

On Tolkien, the Inklins

and Lewis' blindness to gender / Alister McGrath

C.S Lewis and the friends who apparently couldn't really have been his friends, but actually were / Colin Duriez

Lewis, the fiction author

how girls and women are portrayed in his novels. Are the chronicles of Narnia sexist? / Devin Brown

"The abolition of woman": gender and hierarchy in Lewis' space trilogy / Steven Elmore

"She is one of the great ones": the radical world of The great divorce / Joy Jordan-Lake

Pilgrim's paradox: female characters in The pilgrim's regress / David C. Downing

New perspectives till we have faces, the four loves, and other works / Andrew Lazo

Lewis, the poet: surprises from his poetry

Setting the man-woman thing to rights / Brad Davis

Bridging the chasm between us / Kelly Belmonte

Getting our goddesses together: Lewis and the feminine voice in poetry / Malcolm Guite

Lewis, the influencer

how his life and literature impact the twenty-first century discussion about women. Jack, the "old woman" of Oxford: sexist or seer? / Moniker B. Hilder

Generation longing for C.S. Lewis / Brett McCracken

From feminist to mere Christian / Mary Poplin

Lewis as teacher and servant... and my respectful disagreement on women as priests / Jeanette Sears

On women's roles in the church: Lewis' letters to me as a child lit my way / Kathy Keller

C.S. Lewis on love and sex / Holly Ordway

Mistress for pleasure or wife for fruit? / Michael Ward

Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis comrades against the zeitgeist / Kasey Macsenti

Lewis the mentor: how his view on women impact mine. Lewis inspired me to speak out for women / Randy Alcorn

On being the father of immortals: lessons from "The weight of glory" / John Stonestreet

More than a fairy princess: what Narnia teaches about being strong courageous women / Christin Ditchfield

Conclusion. What do Lewis' life and literature reveal for today's culture? / Carolyn Curtis

Questions for reflection and discussion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780745956947

0745956947

OCLC:

913793148

Publisher Number:

99963535521