Charles Williams and His Contemporaries

The originality of Charles Williams's mind and diverse talents are beginning to be recognized as they deserve. These essays are an important stage towards the full appreciation of his achievement as a writer whose work impinges significantly on both literature and theology. A landmark in Williams studies, they should enlighten both newcomers to his work and those long acquainted with it. - Dr Glen Cavaliero, of the Faculty of English at Cambridge University This sampling of current...
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The originality of Charles Williams's mind and diverse talents are beginning to be recognized as they deserve. These essays are an important stage towards the full appreciation of his achievement as a writer whose work impinges significantly on both literature and theology. A landmark in Williams studies, they should enlighten both newcomers to his work and those long acquainted with it. - Dr Glen Cavaliero, of the Faculty of English at Cambridge University This sampling of current scholarship from both sides of the Atlantic reminds us of the range of Williams's intellectual interests and the keenness, and impact, of his insights. It also illuminates the work of contemporaries (Sayers, Barfield, Lewis, Tolkien) and of older writers like Kierkegaard, Milton, Dante, and pseudo-Dionysius. - Professor Charles Huttar, of Hope College, Michigan The content is, in general, very good; the papers are substantial. The titular emphasis on Williams's contemporaries appears in six of the nine papers. Since Williams is one of the Mythopoetic Society's major interests, all of the material is of value. Joe R. Christopher, Mythlore 111/112, pg172, Winter 2010