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\"... Root has done us all an immense service, by rescuing this neglected poem from obscurity and presenting us with an excellent, scholarly edition. ... Everyone who loves Lewis will not only enjoy this book but also find that Root's commentary on Dymer enhances their reading of Lewis's other works as well.\" – Malcolm Guite, Girton College, Cambridge Several years before he converted to Christianity, C. S. Lewis published a narrative poem, Dymer, under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton. Later, of course, Lewis became well known for his beloved imaginative stories, such as The Chronicles of Narnia and Till We Have Faces, as well as his ability to defend and articulate the faith in works such as Mere Christianity. But what about his literary work before his conversion? In this Hansen Series volume, Jerry Root contends that Lewis's early poem Dymer can not only shed light on the development of Lewis's literary skills but also offer a glimpse of what was to come in his intellectual and spiritual growth—a \"splendour in the dark,\" to borrow one of Lewis's own lines from the poem. Under Root's careful analysis, Dymer becomes a way to understand both Lewis's change of mind as well as the way in which each of us is led on a journey of faith. This volume also includes the complete text of Dymer with annotations from David C. Downing, co-director of the Marion E. Wade Center. Based on the annual lecture series hosted at Wheaton College's Marion E. Wade Center, volumes in the Hansen Series reflect on the imaginative work and lasting influence of seven British authors: Owen Barfield, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

While C. S. Lewis was not an Evangelical, that is, he did not hold to that Evangelical belief that the Scriptures were inerrant; he still had a high view of Scripture and held to its authority in matters of faith and practice. Furthermore, he was suspicious of the Higher Critical approaches to Biblical criticism and wrote about it. Consequently, Lewis believed the Bible must be interpreted with the checks and balances of authority, reason, and experience, in order to avoid those kinds of abuses of Scripture typical of the false prophets who said, \"'This is what the Lord says' - when the Lord has not spoken\" (Ezekiel 22:8, TNIV). Lewis believed that Biblical authority held sway particularly with respect to spiritual formation. While not all that could be gleaned from Scripture in these matters can be addressed in this article nevertheless, that which is revealed in Scripture about the Trinity connects spiritual maturity to a believers communal obligations. Furthermore, that which is revealed in Scripture about the Incarnation of Christ, speaks to believers about the Christ likeness of empathy in those who seek to mature in faith. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Critics have drawn attention to Marie de France's use of the word mustrer (to show). Marie herself uses the word often in key moments across three of the works attributed to her--44 times in the Lais, 32 in the Fables, and 37 in the Espurgatoire. Here, Root looks briefly at the word itself and some of the twelfth-century contexts in which it was used. This lexical contextualization will show that Marie's use of the word puts her squarely in the clerkly, romance tradition. It will also show that she invests this verb with a poetic vision in a way that her contemporaries didn't.

[...]inside the fountain, the bed of the river is covered with marvelous crystals that sparkle and reflect the garden. [...]it indirectly promises that the dreamer will finish his dream, wake up, and be transformed into a lover.