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On Misunderstanding That Hideous Strength with Gavin Ortlund (Part 1)

Backwoods Belief

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C.S. Lewis on the Final Frontier

The dark mood is because basically, and there's a book by a scholar named Schwartz, the title is C.S. Lewis on the final frontier. He basically shows that Lewis was copying Charles Williams style. And Charles Williams style in turn was really influenced by 18th century gothic romance books. So you know, that mood was deliberately chosen by Lewis. You'll see why what the animals are doing there.

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