Experiencing C.S. Lewis’s Kappa Element in Literature

I was a great lover of fiction growing up. I devoured books. My library haul each month was an over-the-head stack that barely made the journey from my parents' station wagon to the front desk at return. I spent hours living in fictional worlds. Now as an adult, I do not read much fiction at …

The Drama of the Green World

"The Drama of the Green World"--what a romantic phrase! This phrase was coined by literary critic Northrop Frye and describes how nature's change from winter to spring is one of dramatic action--complete with conflict and triumph. It is a ritual that happens every year. The cold, icy Winter is defeated by Spring and flowers bloom, …