Jane Austen’s Philosophy of Virtue
Jane Austen should not be known primarily as a Regency period romance author but rather as a profound social critic and commentator. While set within romantic plotlines, her themes are those of virtue. C.S. Lewis says that her heroines learn “good sense, courage, contentment, fortitude.” Lewis is taken in by Austen’s humor and humility and…
C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy and Modern Civilization
In this course, students will read through the entirety of C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy (otherwise known as the Cosmic of Space Trilogy): Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. Lewis is known to many as a profound philosophical Christian thinker via his non-fiction writings, and as a great author of fiction via…