Tag Archives: Phyllis

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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Charles Williams was drunk-texting on Christmas

Posted on 30 December 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Apparently, if you believe @Oddest_Inkling, Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis went on a road trip on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In case you missed it, here’s what CW tweeted out (plus a few interjections from his followers). Road … Continue reading →

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The Dawn of the Age of CW: Mini-Review of “The Third Inkling”

Posted on 28 October 2015 by Sørina Higgins

The official biography of Charles Williams, Charles Williams: The Third Inkling, written by Grevel Lindop and published by Oxford University Press, is scheduled to be released tomorrow! I have had an advance copy for a few days now, and let … Continue reading →

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The Inklings: Their Lives, Loves, and Literature

Posted on 12 December 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Are you getting ready to watch the upcoming Hobbit film? If so, considering learning a bit more about the lives of the Inklings — Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams — before immersing yourself in the so-called “Defining Moment of the Middle-earth … Continue reading →

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King Solomon’s TARDIS: “Many Dimensions”

Posted on 1 October 2014 by Sørina Higgins

It’s old, it’s new, it’s borrowed, it’s blue! It’s the TARDIS! No, wait: It’s new, it’s old, it’s stolen, it’s gold! It’s… the Stone in the Crown of Suleiman ben Daood, King in Jerusalem. This tiny, square, cream-colored stone is … Continue reading →

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Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 2

Posted on 21 May 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 2 The Masque of Perusal In the 1920s, CW wrote several plays for performance at his workplace, the London offices of Oxford University Press, located at Amen House. Before reading this post, … Continue reading →

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Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 1

Posted on 14 May 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Office Drama: The Masques of Amen House part 1 The Masque of the Manuscript In the 1920s, CW wrote several plays for performance at his workplace, the London offices of Oxford University Press, located at Amen House. Before reading this … Continue reading →

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“Nor Fish Nor Flesh”: Gerry Hopkins Tells All

Posted on 7 May 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Life is far stranger than fiction. Life narrated in fiction in even stranger. You might not believe the following story (I scarcely do myself), but it is “true,” in some sense or other. Ready? Sometime around 1926, CW fell in … Continue reading →

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Making A Myth: “Amen House Poems”

Posted on 30 April 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Summary #9: “Amen House Poems” and “An Urbanity” Before reading this post, I recommend that you read these: All’s Fair in Love: CW’s life 1908-1939 Torn by Doubt: CW’s “Crisis of Schism” An Introduction to Amen House In … Continue reading →

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100 Love Poems: “A Century of Poems for Celia” (1926-27)

Posted on 23 April 2014 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Summary #8: “A Century of Poems for Celia” (1926-27) Charles Williams might justly be called one of the greatest English poets of married love: after all, he used his courtship of his wife as the basis for his … Continue reading →

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