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Why C.S. Lewis Says We Should Watch TV Differently

What does C.S. Lewis say about art and criticism? Part 4

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Aaron Earls
Jul 03, 2024
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In An Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis argues that we must give ourselves to the artist and their art. “We sit down before the picture in order to have something done to us, not that we may do things with it,” he writes. “The first demand any work of any art makes upon is surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself…

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