Death, Myth and Reality in C.S. Lewis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20503302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Gray (0000-0003-4676-2839), William Glenn Gray (0000-0001-8254-9934, Chichester College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-154 |
| Publication date | 1997-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Beliefs and Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1361-7672 • E-ISSN: 1469-9362 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1361767970180202 |
| OpenAlex | W2047344098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
C.S. Lewis's life and writings were profoundly shaped by his childhood experience of his mother's death. It is significant that the young hero's dying mother is mentioned at the very beginning of the first book of the Narnia sequence (seeThe Magician's Nephew.)., which in more general terms offers a mythopoeic version of the Christian interpretation of death. Lewis had a keen awareness of the power of myth (he would not have denied that the Christian gospel is myth). However, it was in the experience of the death of his wife (recounted inA Grief Observed) that he felt confronted by reality in a way that shook his faith to its foundations. This article will explore the tension between myth and reality in Lewis's attempts to write, as a Christian, of the experience of death
Art · Faith · Gospel · Grief · HERO · Literature · Mythology · Nephew and niece · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Wife · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |