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Lewis, Love, and Lear: A Conversation with Dr. Sarah Waters (8x3)
Episode 89

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

The Optimistic Curmudgeon

March 17, 202554m 18s

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Show Notes

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): https://anunexpectedjournal.com/lewis-lear-and-the-four-loves/

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