عنوان

Literary Catholicity

Number

LA125349

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Literary Catholicity

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Benjamin Fischer, Philip C. Derbesy, Benjamin Fischer, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The influence of G. K. Chesterton on the outlook and work of C. S. Lewis has long been a passing note for critics of Lewis. While some have admired Lewis's adaptation of Chestertonian insights, others have made his mimesis the grounds for a general dismissal. None of these critics, however, have directly examined the nature of this influence itself. This essay addresses this critical omission by establishing the ways in which Lewis purposefully imitated his predecessor's particular way of being a Christian who writes. From Chesterton, Lewis borrowed an approach to literary influence that not only rejects originality as an ultimate measure but also elevates deliberate literary imitation of earlier insights as necessary to Christian writing. In doing so, both writers drew on a common tradition, reworking and rearticulating it, and thereby contributed their own voices and insights to it. The influence of G. K. Chesterton on the outlook and work of C. S. Lewis has long been a passing note for critics of Lewis. While some have admired Lewis's adaptation of Chestertonian insights, others have made his mimesis the grounds for a general dismissal. None of these critics, however, have directly examined the nature of this influence itself. This essay addresses this critical omission by establishing the ways in which Lewis purposefully imitated his predecessor's particular way of being a Christian who writes. From Chesterton, Lewis borrowed an approach to literary influence that not only rejects originality as an ultimate measure but also elevates deliberate literary imitation of earlier insights as necessary to Christian writing. In doing so, both writers drew on a common tradition, reworking and rearticulating it, and thereby contributed their own voices and insights to it.

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

389-410

Title

Religion and the Arts

Volume Number

19/4

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5292

Subject Term

apologetics

Subject Term

C. S. Lewis

Subject Term

catholicity

Subject Term

Christian criticism

Subject Term

Christian literature

Subject Term

G. K. Chesterton

Subject Term

religion and literature

Benjamin Fischer

Philip C. Derbesy

Call Number

10.1163/15685292-01904004

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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