We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.
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We will be back next week with a discussion on Chapters 2-6. As they get into discussing the Preface, Thomas give us some information on William Blake. Forster’s Celestial Omnibus, see Episode 17. Also, if you haven’t read and listened to E. Thomas talks about Nathanial Hawthorne’s short story The Celestial Railroad as a satire of Pilgrim’s Progress. Angelina goes into some comparisons between The Great Divorce and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Thomas gives some background on Prudentius and his allegorical work The Psychomachia. She gives us some historical context, both for where this books comes in Lewis’ own timeline, as well as some ideas of the journey of the soul and medieval dream literature. Angelina kicks off the discussion even while sharing her commonplace quote, sharing some information about the epigraph and front matter. Today you are going to get a crash-course in Medievalism through Lewis’ story, and we hope you will enjoy this book as much as our hosts do. On The Literary Life podcast today, Cindy Rollins, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin their series on The Great Divorce by C.
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