| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
108 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The necessity of chivalry -- Equality -- Three kinds of men -- My first school -- Is English doomed -- Democratic education -- A dream -- Blimpophobia -- Private Bates -- Hedonics -- After priggery, what? -- Modern man and his categories of thought -- Talking about bicycles -- On living in an atomic age -- The empty universe -- Prudery and philology -- Interim report -- Is history bunk? -- Sex in literature. |
| Summary |
All but two of the essays here first appeared in newspapers and magazines, and, although their subjects are wide-ranging, they all share an infusion of Lewis's characteristic sanity and persuasiveness. In those essays between 1940 and 1945, Lewis reflects on questions generated by the war: Democratic values, the need for an updated chivalry, and the cynicism of the modern soldier. Other essays examine the threats to educational and spiritual fulfillment, while "Sex in Literature" and "On Living in the Atomic Age" address literary censorship and our very human survival--issues debated even more passionately today than in Lewis's lifetime. |
| Subject |
English essays -- 20th century.
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English essays. (OCoLC)fst00910809
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Added Author |
Hooper, Walter.
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| ISBN |
015173948X |
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9780151739486 |
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0156738406 (A Harvest/HBJ book ; pbk.) |
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9780156738408 (A Harvest/HBJ book ; pbk.) |
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