Perelandra (Ch.1 Part 2)
In Part 1 we explored the similarities between the “conversions” of author Lewis and character Lewis and noted the important role witnesses played in both of them. Today we look at the world as author Lewis saw it. A quote from his study The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature summarizes his view: “Whatever else a modern feels when he looks at the night sky, he certainly feels that he is looking out--like one looking out from the saloon entrance on to the dark Atlantic or from the lighted porch upon dark and lonely moors. But if you accepted the Medieval Model you would feel like one looking in. The Earth is 'outside the city wall'. When the sun is up he dazzles us and we cannot see inside. Darkness, our own darkness, draws the veil and we catch a glimpse of the high pomps within the vast, lighted concavity filled with music and life. And, looking in, we do not see, like Meredith's Lucifer, 'the army of unalterable law...