Of Men and Mice: C. S. Lewis on Male–Female Interactions

Questions of gender are frequently bracketed when discussing C. S. Lewis's life and works. Perhaps most evade the issue because the distinctions are so sharply drawn—either Lewis is a misogynist or he is a product of his time. The issue of women in Lewis's works, however, should not be ign...

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Main Author: Bartels, Gretchen (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2008
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-338
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