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Ghosts & Clairvoyants Galore: Notes on Endings to Edwin Drood

Posted on 28 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

In 1870, the great novelist Charles Dickens was fifty-eight years old and quite ill, having suffered a stroke the previous year. Nevertheless, he began work on a new novel and arranged for it to be published serially by Chapman & … Continue reading →

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CW’s Nativity Plays

Posted on 21 December 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Although Charles Williams is known more for obscurity and difficulty than for compelling drama, he was capable of the latter, and wrote a few “unusually intelligible” Nativity plays. These include Seed of Adam (1936), The Death of Good Fortune (1939), … Continue reading →

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Prince Rudolph of Silvania, c.1902

Posted on 23 February 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Here we are again! After a little hiatus of, oh, five years or so to pause and get a PhD, I am back to posting summaries of each of CW’s books. I hope to write about one book per week, … Continue reading →

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“It’s Heaven to Be with Her”: Summary of “He Came Down From Heaven”

Posted on 25 March 2016 by Sørina Higgins

Don’t forget to read the story I posted yesterday, about what would happen to the Inklings if the Germans won WWII! “It’s Heaven to Be with Her”: Summary of “He Came Down From Heaven” He Came Down From Heaven is … Continue reading →

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Vote for your favorite CW book!

Posted on 19 February 2016 by Sørina Higgins

Here is a poll to determine which of CW’s many works in a variety of genres is currently his most popular. It follows the order I discussed in my “Reader’s Guide for Beginners.” If you have only read one of … Continue reading →

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All Luck is Good Luck: “The Death of Good Fortune”

Posted on 27 January 2016 by Sørina Higgins

I’m in such a cram-packed phase right now—finishing The Inklings and King Arthur; working diligently on a novel and a series of short stories for a couple hours a day; teaching at two colleges; serving as Dept. Chair at a … Continue reading →

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King and Priest and Sacrifice: “Seed of Adam”

Posted on 13 January 2016 by Sørina Higgins

Book Summary #34: Seed of Adam, 1936. As I wrote in my previous post on Thomas Cranmer of Canterbury, Charles Williams wrote many plays during his lifetime, and many of them were commissioned for special occasions and were performed. This … Continue reading →

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1931: “The Place of the Lion” summary

Posted on 14 January 2015 by Sørina Higgins

I have already posted so much about The Place of the Lion here on this blog that you may wonder why I am writing on it again. After all, I had that 8-post series of guest writers on this novel, … Continue reading →

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“How to Handle the Hallows” video

Posted on 13 January 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Here’s the recording of my talk at Mythgard’s conference, MythMoot III, thanks to Dr. Ed Powell.

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Heresy for Easter: “The Rite of the Passion” (1929)

Posted on 7 January 2015 by Sørina Higgins

The Rite of the Passion is the final drama contained in the volume Three Plays: The Early Metaphysical Plays of Charles Williams, published in 2009 by Wipf & Stock. It is a reprint of an edition published by Oxford University … Continue reading →

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