Door Jam: Volume 1

Newly discovered C.S. Lewis’ poems, Narnia in the MCU, and more

The Door Jam is a place to squeeze in relevant articles written about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, their work, adaptations of their fantasy worlds, and other potentially interesting news and information.

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I’m not endorsing (or criticizing) these articles and columns, merely sharing them with you as they interact with Lewis and his works.

‘Loud-mouthed bully’: CS Lewis satirized Oxford peer in secret poems — The Guardian

CS Lewis loathed one of his fellow Oxford academics so much that he satirized him in a series of seven previously unpublished poems that have been discovered.

The Chronicles of Narnia author simply could not stand HC Wyld, deriding his lectures as elementary and dismissing his snobbery and his bullying of students, referring to him in his diary as “the cad.”

C.S. Lewis and “Mere Politics”: Some Shrewdly Hellish Political Advice from The Screwtape Letters — Crisis Magazine

With November’s presidential election looming, Screwtape’s supposed letter will no doubt be dusted down and made to go viral once again. Counterfeit though it may be, it is still worth asking the question: “Does Screwtape’s letter contain any truth to it nonetheless?” I should say it does.

Earlier this year, I also wrote a piece about fake letters from Screwtape on politics going viral, but Lewis actually did write on the topic through the pen of his demonic scribe.

5 Lies About Politics From Screwtape