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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTIONS
Was C.S. Lewis sexist? Is he relevant today?
Not mere mortals
SECTION ONE: Lewis, the man – and the women in his life
Chapter One: The enduring influence of Flora Lewis
Chapter Two: What do we make of Lewis’ relationship with Mrs Moore?
Chapter Three: Helen Joy Davidman (Mrs C.S. Lewis) 1915–1960: a portrait
Chapter Four: Fire and Ice: why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman rather than Ruth Pitter?
Chapter Five: The Divine Comedy of C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers
Chapter Six: On Tolkien, the Inklings – and Lewis’ blindness to gender
Chapter Seven: C.S. Lewis and the friends who apparently couldn’t really have been his friends, but actually were
SECTION TWO: Lewis, the fiction author – how girls and women are portrayed in his novels
Chapter One: Are The Chronicles of Narnia sexist?
Chapter Two: “The Abolition of Woman”: gender and hierarchy in Lewis’ Space Trilogy
Chapter Three: “She is one of the great ones.” The radical world of The Great Divorce
Chapter Four: The Pilgrim’s Paradox: female characters in The Pilgrim’s Regress
Chapter Five: New perspectives: Till We Have Faces, The Four Loves, and other works
SECTION THREE: Lewis, the poet – surprises from his poetry
Chapter One: Setting the man–woman thing to rights
Chapter Two: Bridging the chasm between us
Chapter Three: Getting our goddesses together: Lewis and the feminine voice in poetry
SECTION FOUR: Lewis, the influencer – how his life and literature impact the twenty-first century discussion about women
Chapter One: Jack, the “old woman” of Oxford: sexist or seer?
Chapter Two: A generation longing for C.S. Lewis
Chapter Three: From feminist to mere Christian
Chapter Four: Lewis as teacher and servant… and my respectful disagreement on women as priests
Chapter Five: On women’s roles in the church: Lewis’ letters to me as a child lit my way
Chapter Six: C.S. Lewis on love and sex
Chapter Seven: Mistress for pleasure or wife for fruit?
Chapter Eight: Dorothy L. Sayers and C.S. Lewis: comrades against the zeitgeist
SECTION FIVE: Lewis, the mentor – how his views on women impact mine
Chapter One: Lewis inspired me to speak out for women
Chapter Two: On being the father of immortals: lessons from “The Weight of Glory”
Chapter Three: More than a fairy princess: what Narnia teaches about being strong, courageous women
CONCLUSION: What do Lewis’ life and literature reveal for today’s culture?
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Endnotes
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