Cover of Gaining a Face

Book 2013

Gaining a Face

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language
English
Published
2013
  • Criticism and interpretation
  • Literature & literary studies
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • European
  • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Contrary to the popular perception that C.S. Lewis was merely a religious writer, there is a good case to be made for Lewis being one of the major British writers of the twentieth century if we look at him as a prime member of a resurgent Romantic movement after the Second World War. Much has been written on Lewis's thoughts on joy, a central aspect of his Romanticism. However, Lewis was at the same time a rationalist, and managed to merge his Rationalism with his Romanticism in a unique and ...