tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25921616.post114481663749539215..comments2023-08-19T05:54:25.477-04:00Comments on galumphing: Galumphing is a VERBJeremy W. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14447200884803791519noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25921616.post-75389526962203695602008-03-13T22:30:00.000-04:002008-03-13T22:30:00.000-04:00My blog was inspired by the poem Jabberwocky by Le...My blog was inspired by the poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll but I am currently exploring the life of C.S. Lewis. My students have often confuse C. S. Lewis with Lewis Carroll, so I feel the need to make a note distinguishing between them. <BR/><BR/>Lewis Carroll is the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the Jabberwocky poem, etc., whereas C.S. Lewis is the author of Narnia and Screwtape Letters, etc. Both men were scholars at Oxford and both men were associated with the Anglican Church. However, there are many notable distinctions. The first is that Lewis Carroll (Englishman) died in 1898 and C.S. Lewis (Irishman) was born in 1898. Also, Carroll was a contemporary of George Macdonald, whose writings had a significant impact of the later writings of both Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Secondly, Lewis Carroll was a pen name for Charles Dodgson. If he went by Dodgson, there wouldn't be any mix-up! Lastly, Carroll's life and spiritual state is unclear; although I suspect much of the allegations associated with Carroll are mostly conjecture. On the contrary, I am personally, spiritually and intellectually intersted in the life of C. S. Lewis, whose spirituality is quite plain to any observer.Jeremy W. Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447200884803791519noreply@blogger.com