The lion's country : C.S. Lewis's theory of the real / Charlie W. Starr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starr, Charlie W., 1963- author.

Contributor:

Kent State University. Press. e publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Lewis, C. S.

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

Reality in literature.

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

Philosophy.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 132 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Drawing on C. S. Lewis's essays, sermons, and fiction, The Lion's Country offers a comprehensive exploration of Lewis's understanding of reality-important, Charlie W. Starr argues, to more fully understand Lewis's writing but also to challenge and inform our own thought about what constitutes the Real. For Lewis, reality is not simply a matter of what we can ascertain with our senses; the Real includes but also transcends the physical. Indeed, for Lewis, who is perhaps the most influential Christian writer of the 20th century, God is the most Real thing there is. Yet during the modernist era when Lewis lived, taught, and wrote, the prevailing view was that the only legitimate knowledge was that which could be derived from empirically provable facts. Lewis's rejection of such a narrow belief prompted him to ask, "What are facts without interpretation?" and led to his lifelong pursuit of experiencing and understanding the Real. Much of his fiction, including The Chronicles of Narnia, is fundamentally about how we can encounter reality and be certain of what we know. Starr's unique look at Lewis's philosophical and theological underpinnings extends even to a discussion of heaven and what it would be like to see the face of God. Including a never-before-released passage from Lewis's unpublished Prayer Manuscript, The Lion's Country is an essential contribution to Lewis studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Truest Philosophy

2. Reality and Desire

3. Encountering the Real through Experience and Imagination

4. The Apologetical Decade

5. Mystery and the Real

6. Hierarchy Part One

7. Hierarchy Part Two

8. Transposition

9. Sacrament and the Problem of Knowing

10. Lewis's Vision of Heaven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index.

ISBN:

9781606354537

1606354531

OCLC:

1330406140