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Bareface : a guide to C.S. Lewis's last novel

Author: Doris T Myers
Publisher: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Doris T. Myers's Bareface provides a welcome study of Lewis's last, most profound, and most skillfully written novel, Till We Have Faces. Although many claim it is his best novel, Till We Have Faces is a radical departure from the fantasy genre of Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters and has been less popular than Lewis's earlier works. In Bareface, Myers supplies background information on this  Read more...
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Myers, Doris T.
Bareface.
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004
(OCoLC)607297059
Named Person: C S Lewis; C S Lewis; Éros, (divinité grecque); Psyché, (mythologie grecque); Clive S Lewis
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Doris T Myers
ISBN: 0826214975 9780826214973
OCLC Number: 53191697
Description: x, 257 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: "Bareface"--why a book about a book --
Part I. Chapter by chapter. Book 1. The way it all happened. Ch. 1. Welcome to Glome --
Ch. 2. Enter Psyche --
Ch. 3. Hard times in Glome --
Ch. 4. Psyche the accursed --
Ch. 5. The condemnation of Psyche --
Ch. 6. Fighting for Psyche --
Ch. 7. The night before the offering --
Ch. 8. Psyche is gone --
Ch. 9. Life without Psyche --
Ch. 10. Over to the other side --
Ch. 11. Mixed emotions --
Ch. 12. Guesses--and a glimpse --
Ch. 13. Orual's soul-searching --
Ch. 14. Back to the mountain --
Ch. 15. Meeting the god --
Ch. 16. Waiting and building --
Ch. 17. The queen grows stronger --
Ch. 18. The eve of the battle --
Ch. 19. Triumph and sorrow --
Ch. 20. The queen's resumé --
Ch. 21. What happened in Essur --
Book 2. What really happened. Ch. 1. Reality check --
Ch. 2. Who is Ungit? --
Ch. 3. The book at the bottom of the soul --
Ch. 4. Face to face at last --
Conclusion: The soul's journey --
Part II. Further in Apuleius and Lewis. Chronology of Lewis's life --
Glome, a real place--more or less --
The holy--Lewis and Otto --
James and conversion --
Myth--a definition --
Names in Glome --
The new psychology --
Pagan religions --
Plato--banished from Glome --
Stoicism--the faith of the fox --
Time in Till we have faces --
Part III. Glossary.
Responsibility: Doris T. Myers.
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"Doris T. Myers's Bareface provides a welcome study of Lewis's last, most profound, and most skillfully written novel, Till We Have Faces. Although many claim it is his best novel, Till We Have Faces is a radical departure from the fantasy genre of Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters and has been less popular than Lewis's earlier works. In Bareface, Myers supplies background information on this difficult work and suggests reading techniques designed to make it more accessible to general readers. She also presents a fresh approach to Lewis criticism for the enjoyment of specialists." "Previous studies have often treated the novel as mere myth, ignoring Lewis's effort to present the story of Cupid and Psyche as something that could have happened. Myers emphasizes the historical background, the grounding of the characterizations in modern psychology, and the thoroughly realistic narrative presentation. She identifies key books in ancient and medieval literature, history, and philosophy that influenced Lewis's thinking as well as pointing out a previously unnoticed affinity with William James. From this context, a clearer understanding to Till We Have Faces can emerge." "Organized to facilitate browsing according to the reader's personal interests and needs, this study helps reader's explore this complex and subtle novel in their own way."--BOOK JACKET.

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