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SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review

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Volume 25 (2008)

A Myth of Hubris in Till We Have Faces − Chad Shrock
Examining what some declare C.S. Lewis’s best novel, Chad Shrock analyzes the development of protagonist Orual’s prideful vision of herself in relation to the gods, and the process whereby her hubris ultimately crumbles.
The Inhabitants of Cosmo’s Drawer − Reid Makowsky
Reid Makowsky proposes that references to two medieval magicians in George MacDonald’s Phantastes reinforce the cohesiveness of the novel, helping demonstrate MacDonald’s belief in sanctification through death to one’s self.
Death − Owen Barfield
Owen Barfield’s essay, previously unpublished and here footnoted by Amy Vail, reflects the influence of George MacDonald’s writings while shaping his own Anthroposophical understanding of the concept of “death to self”. Introductions by Chris Mitchell and Jane Hipolito posit the importance of this essay for understanding aspects of Barfield’s thought, as well as his influence on and divergence from C.S. Lewis’s thought.
Responses to Norbert Feinendegen’s “Contemplating C.S. Lewis’s Epistemology”
Discussion between Norbert Feinendegen and Stephen Thorson regarding Dr. Feinendegen’s article in Volume 24 on the topic of C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield’s “Great War”. Comments by Charlie Starr are also included.
Poetry and Transformation − Brian Horne
Brian Horne evaluates Gavin Ashenden’s book Charles Williams: Alchemy and Integration.
Books Reviewed:
  • Owen Barfield: Romanticism Comes of Age, A Biography by Simon Blaxland-de Lange
  • G.K. Chesterton: Thinking Backward, Looking Forward by Stephen R.L. Clark
  • C.S Lewis, My Godfather by Laurence Harwood
  • A Morning After War: C.S. Lewis and WWI by K.J. Gilchrist
  • Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Michael Ward
  • Shadows and Chivalry: C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald on Suffering, Evil, and Goodness by Jeff McGinnis
  • Alec Forbes of Howglen and the Condition of Scotland by David Robb
  • George MacDonald: Literary Heritage and Heirs Ed. by Roderick McGillis
  • Introductory Papers on Dante, Volume 1: The Poet Alive in His Writings by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Further Papers on Dante, Volume 2: His Heirs and His Ancestors by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • The Poetry of the Search and the Poetry of Statement, Volume 3: On Dante & Other Writers by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Roots and Branches by Tom Shippey
  • The Plants of Middle-earth: Botany and Sub-Creation by Dinah Hazell
  • From Hobbits to Hollywood Ed. by Ernest Mathijs and Murray Pomerance
  • The Frodo Franchise by Kristin Thompson
  • The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
  • The Company they Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Pavlac Glyer
  • Mere Humanity: G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien on the Human Condition by Donald T. Williams

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