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Chargement... Dorothy and Jack: The Transforming Friendship of Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis (édition 2020)par Gina Dalfonzo (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreDorothy and Jack par Gina Dalfonzo
   Books Read in 2022 (3,864) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   KelleyMMathews | Mar 22, 2022 |  They had much in common. Both were educated at Oxford. Both were prominent British writers in the middle of the 20th century, known both for their scholarly works and their popular works. Both were significant Christian apologists. Both could argue their positions with a brutal combination of wit, intellectual acuteness and dogged determination. Both had secrets. She had an illegitimate son raised by someone else. He lived for much of his life with a cranky older woman, the mother of an army buddy, and her daughter. Their friendship was relatively brief — from the time she sent him a fan letter in 1942 until her death in 1957 — and they met in person only a handful of times, Dorothy and Jack found in each other someone with whom they could communicate as equals and someone who always understood what they were saying. They didn't always agree, and Dalfonzo offers examples, but they didn't seem to take the other's criticism too seriously. Argument was something each was good at and enjoyed. Dalfonzo tells us that unlike so many correspondents, Dorothy and Jack liked to cover serious subjects early in their letters, then turn to lighter, more personal matters. The author views their relationship as a model for friendships between men and women. There is no suggestion that the two were ever attracted to each other in a romantic or sexual way. The friendship with Sayers, however, may have made Lewis more open to Joy Davidman, whom he later married. She was a similar kind of woman: outspoken, witty and his intellectual equal. Each of the two friends influenced the other's writing, as Dalfonzo shows us. And each greatly appreciated the other's writing. That is except for Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey novels. Lewis made it no secret that he did not like mysteries, not even hers. (  ) hardlyhardy | Feb 18, 2022 | Bob1968 | Sep 10, 2020 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
What happens when we push past the surface and allow real, grounded, mutually challenging, and edifying friendships to develop? We need only look at the little-known friendship between eminent Christian thinkers Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis to find out. Born out of a fan letter that celebrated mystery novelist Sayers wrote to Lewis as his star was just beginning to rise, this friendship between a married woman and a longtime bachelor developed over years of correspondence as the two discovered their mutual admiration of each other's writing, thinking, and faith. In a time when many Christians now aren't even sure that a man and a woman can be "just friends" and remain faithful, Gina Dalfonzo's engaging treatment of the relationship between two of Christianity's most important modern thinkers and writers will resonate deeply with anyone who longs for authentic, soul-stirring friendships that challenge them to grow intellectually and spiritually. Fans of Lewis and Sayers will find here a fascinating addition to their collections. What happens when we push past the surface and allow real, grounded, mutually challenging, and edifying friendships to develop? We need only look at the little-known friendship between eminent Christian thinkers Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis to find out. Born out of a fan letter that celebrated mystery novelist Sayers wrote to Lewis as his star was just beginning to rise, this friendship between a married woman and a longtime bachelor developed over years of correspondence as the two discovered their mutual admiration of each other's writing, thinking, and faith. Gina Dalfonzo is the author of One by One, a columnist at Christ & Pop Culture, and founder and editor of Dickensblog. Her writing has been published in The Atlantic, Christianity Today, First Things, National Review, The Weekly Standard, Guideposts, Aleteia, Sehnsucht: The C.S. Lewis Journal, In Pursuit of Truth: A Journal of Christian Scholarship, Literary Life, and OnFaith, among others. She earned her BA in English from Messiah College and her MA, also in English, from George Mason University. Dalfonzo lives in Springfield, Virginia. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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