Tag Archives: literary theory

The Oddest Table of Contents

Posted on 8 February 2024 by Sørina Higgins

I’m continuing to work on The Oddest Inkling: An Introduction to Charles Williams, and I think I’m reasonably happy with the new organizational scheme and order of chapters. Here’s the current iteration of the Table of Contents; I’d love your … Continue reading →

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New CW Book: “The Celian Moment”

Posted on 7 April 2017 by Sørina Higgins

Here is a guest post by Stephen Barber, publisher and editor of Charles Williams: The Celian Moment and other Essays. This week sees the publication of a new collection of literary essays by Charles Williams, the first for over fifty years. … Continue reading →

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CW Made Something Shorter?!

Posted on 30 September 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Book Summary #29: A Short Life of Shakespeare  [the numbers are messed up, because I haven’t always blogged books in order. See THE INDEX for a tidy list] In 1930, Oxford UP’s Clarendon Press published Sir Edmund Chambers’ … Continue reading →

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What did Everybody Think about Everything? Shakespeare’s Universal Poetics

Posted on 1 July 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Book Summary #28: Reason and Beauty in the Poetic Mind (1933) Here on The Oddest Inkling, we are in a bit of dry phase in the book summary series—or at least, that’s what I thought before I began … Continue reading →

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The Poetry of Crisis: “The English Poetic Mind”

Posted on 20 May 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Book Summary #24: The English Poetic Mind (1932) Here we are with another book summary. Today it is CW’s second work of literary criticism: The English Poetic Mind. It was published in 1932 by the Clarendon Press. Hadfield … Continue reading →

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Guest Post by Stephen Barber on “Poetry at Present”

Posted on 27 August 2014 by Sørina Higgins

A few weeks ago I posted my book summary of Poetry at Present, CW’s first published work of literary criticism. Now here is a guest post by the excellent CW scholar Stephen Barber, on that same book. You can read … Continue reading →

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Meta-Textual Tedium: “Poetry at Present”

Posted on 23 July 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Book Summary #16: Poetry at Present (1930) In 1930, CW published his first work of literary criticism: Poetry at Present. He had recently released A Myth of Shakespeare, which was his first market success (on a very modest … Continue reading →

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Torn by Doubt: CW’s “Crisis of Schism”

Posted on 14 August 2013 by Sørina Higgins

As you know by now from this series on themes, Charles Williams’ imaginative theology and creative writings revolve around eight interrelated topics: 1. Co-Inherence 2. Romantic theology 3. The Two Ways 4. Ritual Objects 5. The Crisis of Schism 6. … Continue reading →

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