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The pilgrim's regress, an allegorical apology for Christianity, reason, and romanticism, C.S. Lewis ; illustrated by Michael Hague

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The pilgrim's regress

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C.S. Lewis ; illustrated by Michael Hague

an allegorical apology for Christianity, reason, and romanticism

Here is the story of the pilgrim John and his odyssey to an enchanting island which has created in him an intense longing; a mysterious, sweet desire. John's pursuit of this desire takes him through adventures with such people as Mr. Enlightenment, Media Halfways, Mr. Mammon, Mother Kirk, Mr. Sensible, and Mr. Humanist and through such cities as Thrill and Eschropolis as well as the Valley of Humiliation. Though the dragons and giants here are different from those in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Lewis's allegory performs the same function of enabling the author to say simply and through fantasy what would otherwise have demanded a full-length philosophy of religion

pt. 1. The data -- The rules -- The island -- The eastern mountains -- Leah for Rachel -- Ichabod -- Quem quateritis in sepulchro? Non est hic -- pt. 2. Thrill -- Dixit insipiens -- The hill -- A little southward -- Soft going -- Leah for Rachel -- Ichabod -- Non est hic -- Great promises -- pt. 3. Through darkest seitgeistheim -- Eschroplis -- A south wind -- Freedom of thought -- The man behind the gun -- Under arrest -- Poisoning the wells -- Facing the facts -- Parrot disease -- The giant slayer -- pt. 4. Back to the road -- Let grill be grill -- Archtype and ectype -- Esse is percipi -- Escape -- pt. 5. The grand canyon -- The grand canyon -- Mother Kirk's story -- The self-sufficiency of Vertue -- Mr. Sensible -- Table talk -- Drudge -- The caucherie of Vertue -- pt. 6. Northward along the canyon -- First steps to the North -- Three pale men -- Neo-angular -- Humanist -- Food from the North -- Furthest North -- Fool's paradise -- pt. 7. Southward along the canyon -- Vertue is sick -- John leading -- The main road again -- Going South -- Tea on the lawn -- The house of wisdom -- Across the canyon by moonlight -- This side by sunlight -- Wisdom: exoteric -- Wisdon: esoteric -- Mum's the word -- More wisdom -- pt. 8. At bay -- Two kinds of monist -- John led -- John forget's himself -- John finds his voice -- Food at a cost -- Caught -- The hermit -- History's words -- Matter of fact -- Archtype and Ectype -- pt. 9. Across the canyon -- Across the canyon by the inner light -- This side by lightning -- This side by the darkness -- Securus te projice -- Across the canyon -- Nella sua voluntade -- pt. 10. The regress -- The same yet different -- The synthetic man -- Limbo -- The black hole -- Superbia -- Ignorantia -- Luxuria -- The northern dragon -- The southern dragon -- The brook

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