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   lt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: hayesmstw@hotmail.com   
      
   On 18 Oct 2005 12:02:33 -0700, lenona321@yahoo.com wrote:   
      
   >In Paul F. Ford's "Companion to Narnia," (1980) there are plenty of   
   >words dedicated   
   >both to the "Sexism" entry and "Susan Pevensie." However, neither   
   >implies that   
   >female sexual maturation was what irritated Lewis. I'm afraid I don't   
   >have time to go   
   >into detail right now. Do check it out. Ford does point out how Lewis   
   >becomes less   
   >sexist in the later books.   
      
   Did anything actually "irritate" Lewis? He pointed out that some people grow   
   up into airheads, and confuse maturity with sophistication.   
      
   >Personally, I sensed as a kid that in "The Last Battle," Lewis was   
   >simply admitting   
   >that he'd annoyed many readers in his portrayal of Susan over the years   
   >and so was   
   >trying to atone for that by finally making her the outsider in more   
   >ways than one.   
      
   Lewis acknowledged that as a middle-aged adult, he enjoyed fairy tales. Not   
   all adults do. He thought they were missing something.   
      
      
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