BiblioFiles #77: On Misreading by the Literary

In Chapter 8 of our beloved An Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis discourages the literarily proficient from reading for ideas. We haven’t spent much time wrestling with that as a crew, and it recently gave us some pause. How could you do us like that, Clive? In this episode of BiblioFiles, we discuss “On Misreading by the Literary” and mull over whether or not it negates the entire CenterForLit project.

Referenced Works:

– An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis; Chapter 8: “On Misreading by the Literary”

– “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats

– Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor

– The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

– I and Thou Martin Buber

– The King directed by David Michôd (Netflix, 2019)

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