March 22: Joel Heck presentation on J. A. W. Bennett and F. P. Wilson

On Sunday, March 22, Joel Heck will present to us about two people who have a strong connection to the life of C. S. Lewis: J. A. W. Bennett and F. P. Wilson. J. A. W. Bennett was Lewis's successor in Cambridge as Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English, and F. P. Wilson was Lewis's undergraduate Tutor in English Language and Literature in Oxford. Wilson was the one who, in 1935, suggested that Lewis write the volume on 16th Century English Literature for the Oxford History of English Literature series. In the spirit of his book No Ordinary People, Joel introduces us to these two lesser-known persons Lewis knew and in doing so brings new insights into Lewis. The presentation will be 20-30 minutes, and afterward we'll have time to give Joel  feedback and comments.

Then on Sunday, April 26, we'll return to our discussion of Life on the Silent Planet: Essays on Christian Living from C. S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy. That means we have two months to read up for our next topic: That Hideous Strength. This is a good thing because the book is twice as long as the first two in the trilogy, and there are six, instead of three, related essays. We'll begin the discussion in April and see how far we get and whether we need to extend our discussion into May.

Here are the titles of the essays related to That Hideous Strength:

Selling the Well and the Wood: That Hideous Strength and Abolition of Matrimony by Michael Ward 

Lewis's Apocalypse and Ours by Joseph Minich

The Untabled Law of Nature by Colin Redemer

Arthur in Edgestow by Holly Ordway

The Problem of Jane by Susannah Black-Roberts

Bureaucratic Speech in That Hideous Strength by Jake Meador

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