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Surprised by C.S. Lewis, George Macdonald, Dante: An Array of Original Discoveries
Surprised by CS Lewis George Macdonald Dante An Array of Original Discoveries Author:Kathryn Lindskoog Sound scholarship is a treasure, and bright prose is a pleasure. This book combines the best of both these worlds. It includes something to challenge, enrich, amaze, or amuse every reader of C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and Dante Alighieri. Here are dozens of surprising aspects of the life and writings of C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and ... more »Dante. (George MacDonald loved the writings of Dante, and C. S. Lewis loved the writings of both Dante and MacDonald.) Contents range from the quick, surprising fun of "Who Is This Man?" to the practical, down-to-earth instruction of C. S. Lewis's Free Advice to Hopeful Writers and the adventurous scholarship of Spring in Purgatory and Mining Dante. "Surprised by C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and Dante is a wonderful and very readable collection of essays, written by the foremost C. S. Lewis scholar in the world. Kay Lindskoog writes with the precision and sound scholarship of a master but with a light touch (much needed in Lewis scholarship today!) and sense of humor. These superb pieces shed much new light on C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and Dante, three great writers who continue to move and inspire all of us who will listen."Perry C. Bramlett, author of C. S. Lewis: Life at the Center, Touring C. S. Lewiss Ireland and England, and contributor to The C. S. Lewis Encyclopedia.« less