This week, we take a contemporary look at C.S. Lewis’s writings and delve into an atmospheric work of Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris.
Non-Fiction
‘The Last Romantic: C.S. Lewis, English Literature, and Modern Theology’
By Jeffrey W. BarbeauTheologian Jeffrey Barbeau examines connections linking C.S. Lewis to English Romantic literature and modern theology, all in the hope of gaining a better understanding of Lewis’s views on the relationship between truth and personal experience. The result is an engaging journey ranging from British poets to Lewis’s autobiographical writings. Impressive as well are the gracious critiques by three scholars of Barbeau’s essays, which offer readers a shining example of academic civility at work.
