JRRT and C.S. Lewis - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The Silver-shod Muse · 05-01-2002, 09:53 PM

I think that once Lewis really understood what being a Christian was all about he couldn't help but share the enthusiasm he had for his beliefs. I don't think that "wearing it on his sleeve" really subjugated anything in his work, I get the impression that it colored his work and imagination with a certain flavor.

Lewis strikes me as the sort of person who would want to spill out his feelings, while Tolkien would let them simmer for a while until they had matured. Neither style is wrong or right, they're just very different and use different means to come to an end.

05-01-2002, 09:53 PM	#14
The Silver-shod Muse Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: The shoulder of a poet, TX Posts: 388	I think that once Lewis really understood what being a Christian was all about he couldn't help but share the enthusiasm he had for his beliefs. I don't think that "wearing it on his sleeve" really subjugated anything in his work, I get the impression that it colored his work and imagination with a certain flavor. Lewis strikes me as the sort of person who would want to spill out his feelings, while Tolkien would let them simmer for a while until they had matured. Neither style is wrong or right, they're just very different and use different means to come to an end. __________________ "'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis

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