​How did William Shakespeare influence CS Lewis’ conversion to Christianity? Dr Sarah Waters, assistant professor of language and literature at Sterling College, Kansas, draws connections between Lewis’ faith journey and his engagement with Shakespeare’s works. How do Hamlet and The Winter’s Tale connect to his famous conversation with JRR Tolkien and Hugo Dyson? Were there particular insights Dyson offered Lewis that have previously gone largely unnoticed? Why have both Lewis and Shakespeare stood the test of time?

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For more on Sarah Waters: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-3361

For the volume of An Unexpected Journal that Sarah co-edited: An Unexpected Journal

For her article on Lewis, Lear, and The Four Loves - An Unexpected Journal

For Sarah on Lewis and Hamlet: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol43/iss1/4/

For Sarah’s article on Lewis’ rhetoric in Linguaculture: https://journal.linguaculture.ro/index.php/home/article/view/355

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Released on 3 Feb 2025