Lewis, Love, and Lear: A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Waters (8x3)
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Lewis, Love, and Lear: A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Waters (8x3)

2025-03-17
Dr. Sarah Waters explains Lewis's love for Shakespeare, and the conversation focuses on King Lear as an inspiring source source text. She traces Lewis's use of Hamlet and King Lear, with an eye towards the theme of love in Lewis's thought. Waters proves that the better we know Shakespeare, the more easily we see what Lewis is doing. Follow Dr. Waters on X at @srawaters Resource mentioned in the show: "Lewis, Lear, and The Four Loves" in An Unexpected Journal (Dec. 14, 2022):...
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