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Joy and Poetic Imagination: Understanding C. S. Lewiss Great War with Owen Barfield and its Significance for Lewiss Conversi
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The Great War was a prolonged debate between Lewis and Barfield, fraught with subtle metaphysical and philosophical distinctions. Even Lewis scholars find the arguments and their implications difficult to grasp. Author Stephen Thorson began writing this book over 30 years ago and published parts of it in articles during Barfields lifetime. Barfield wrote to Thorson in 1983 saying, ...you have surveyed the divergence between Lewis and myself very fairly, and truly in depth...This book looks at the role of Lewiss recurrent experiences of Joy and Poetic Imagination in his philosophy, examining how his view of being and imagination changed drastically after his conversion. The thought of Lewiss lifelong friend, Owen Barfield, whose conversion to Rudolf Steiners esoteric Anthroposophy stimulated a dispute between the two men that was crucial for Lewiss conversion to Christianity, is also examined.I can truthfully say that I have no comment to offer other than praise, both for the meticulousness of the research underlying it [Thorsons article on the Great War published in 1998]. It is hardly necessary to add that I enjoyed reading it. Owen BarfieldNo one was closer to C. S. Lewis, as both friend and intellectual sparring partner, than Owen Barfield; and no one was closer to Barfield in that respect than Lewis. Joy and Poetic Imagination is a longoverdue leap forward in our understanding of a key feature of each mans life and work. Arend Smilde, coeditor of The Great War of Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis: Philosophical Writings 19271930)Stephen Thorsons writings are like a door to a proper understanding of the philosophical thinking of C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield ... highly recommended to anyone who is interested in the philosophy of Lewis and Barfield. Norbert Feinendegen, coeditor of The Great War of Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis: Philosophical Writings 19271930)About the author: Dr. Thorson is a pediatrician with an MA in Theological Studies, and has worked in Nepal for thirtytwo years. He contributed most of the topical articles for the awardwinning Applied New Testament Commentary and The Applied Old Testament Commentary, and has regularly published articles on Lewis and Barfield.
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