
Ep. 37 - Fantasy and Philosophy in the Writings of C. S. Lewis — with Michael Ward
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The Intangible Literary Atmosphere of Lewis Carroll
You're probably much more likely to pick up another Agatha Christie novel or a different murder mystery, right? And go back to the one you've already read. Because you enjoy that genre of fiction and that's fine. I'm not saying anything against it. It's just that a really great novel has both plot and atmosphere. You like the Jane Austen world. What has been called the ostentatious flavor of her world. The propriety and reserve and care with language. That's what Jane Austen so brilliantly captures. She gives you a three dimensional reality that you just like occupying or re-occupying.That imaginative space just gives you pleasure.
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