The Fiction of C. S. Lewis Mask and Mirror
This book examines the way in which the fictional writings of C.S. Lewis reveal much about the man himself and his quest for psychological and spiritual wholeness. There is new material dealing with C.S. Lewis's political writings, especially the correspo
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The Fiction of C.S. Lewis Mask and Mirror Kath Filmer
Departmeltt of Eltglis/l The Ultiversity of Queells[a"d, Brisballe, Australia
First published in Great Britain 1993 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-22537-8 ISBN 978-1-349-22535-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-22535-4
First published in the United States of America 1993 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-08667-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Filmer, Kath, 1943The fiction of C. S. Lewis: mask and mirror I Kath Filmer. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-08667-1 I. Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), I 898-1 963-Fictional works. I. Title. PR6023.E926Z6466 1993 823'.9 I 2-{!c20 92-24844 CIP © Kath Filmer 1993 Soficover reprint of the hardcover 15t edition 1993
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To Frank (Owen) for caring
Contents Acknowledgements
viii
Introduction
1
1
Lewis's Supernaturalism: Light and Darkness
9
2
Good, Evil and the Notion of the Self in Lewis's Adult Fiction
28
3
Images of Good and Evil in the Narnian Chronicles
43
4
Lewis's Political Fictions
53
5
Political Issues in Lewis's Juvenile Fiction
77
6
Facing the Feminine: Women in Lewis's Early Fiction
88
7
Masking the Misogynist in Narnia and Glome
104
8
Women as Saints and Slatterns in Lewis's Shorter Fiction
121
9
So Who Was C. S. Lewis?
132
Notes
139
Bibliography
144
Index
150
vii
Acknowledgements My research into C. S. Lewis's fiction has spanned nearly twelve years, and I have had a great deal of assistance from a very great number of people during that period. lowe thanks to Dr David Lake, who first encouraged me to carry out the research; to C. S. Lewis's stepson, Douglas Gresham, and his wife Merrie; to Walter Hooper,literary trustee of the C. S. Lewis estate, who agreed that I might summarise the unpublished novel fragment from The Lewis Papers; to Lyle Dorset and his staff at the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton, Illinois; and to Dr Bruce L. Edwards Jr., and his wife Joan. All of them were helpful to me in the early years of my research. Some o
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