8. The 1980s

From the Introduction, “The Changes at ILR that began in the seventies slipped imperceptibly into the eighties, and those that may have originated at that time have, for better or worse, left their mark on the present decade. In other words, dividing history into decades is not a particularly precise way of delineating times. Clearly, there was much gaiety preceding and following the Gay Nineties, as there were certainly many roars heard before and after the Roaring Twenties. Moreover, since the speed of change in academia runs at such a leisurely pace, it is virtually impossible to say exactly when an idea found its way into formal practice. Includes: Introduction; A Dean’s View, 1980-85; Deaning, 1985-88; Robert Risley; and An Advisory Council Perspective

Seeing Williams\u27 Work as a Whole: Church Year and Creed as Structural Principles

Believes that Williams frequently used symbols related to the liturgical year of the Anglican Church, and to its creeds, in his fiction, poetry, and drama

Book Review

Review of Matthew Dickerson and David O’Hara, Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009). xiii + 304 pages. $35.00. ISBN 9780813125220

C.S. Lewis\u27s Prufrockian Vision in \u3ci\u3eThe Great Divorce\u3c/i\u3e

Examines the influence of Eliot’s early poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” on Lewis’s dream vision fantasy The Great Divorce

“Deep Lies the Sea-Longing : Inklings of Home

Scholar Guest of Honor speech from Mythcon 35. Insightful study of the pattern of references to sea-voyages and the earthly paradise in Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams traces the influence of Arthurian, Celtic, and Greek legends in their writing

Towards A New Model Of Romantic Attachment For Autistic Adults

Autism spectrum disorder is an extremely prevalent developmental disorder, which impacts social-relational functioning. The majority of past research into autism has focused on childhood early intervention and skill development. In comparison, a minute amount of research has been dedicated to the study of autistic adults, particularly within the context of romantic relationships. In this article, we explore the relationships between autistic traits, relationship quality factors (i.e. intimacy, passion, commitment, and satisfaction), and the mediating variable of relationship maintenance behaviors as a possible mechanism in explaining this relationship. Contrary to our hypothesis, autism traits were shown to have no relationship with relationship maintenance behaviors among our participants, and only a minor relationship with relationship quality factors.Relationship maintenance behaviors did strongly predict relationship quality, regardless of autistic trait presence. Our results suggest the need for more study and a deeper understanding of relational processes within the ASD community

A Plea for Reasonable Discourse about Lewis’s Views on Evolution

A review of Jerry Bergman, C. S. Lewis: Anti-Darwinist: A Careful Examination of the Develop- ment of His Views on Darwinism (Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2016). xxiii + 136 pages. $21.00. ISBN 9781532607738

New Stages in the Study of Lewis’ Poetry

A review essay on C. S. Lewis, The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis: A Critical Edition, ed. by Don W. King (Kent, Ohio, 2015). 485 pages. $75.00. ISBN: 9781606352021

Serial verbs in Surinam creoles

From the introduction: Williams (1971) has pointed out some specific resemblances between Krio and the Kwa languages of West Africa with regard to [the above] constructions. The obvious conclusion that one is tempted to draw is an answer to a question about origins, namely, Krio must have aquired this set of syntactic features from the influence of Kwa languages. Whether that is the correct evaluation of the resemblance between Krio and Kwa, however, must be determined by the answers to some other questions, such as the following: How widespread are identical or similar constructions in other [pidgins and creoles]? How widespread are identical or similar constructions in other, \u27ordinary,\u27 languages? How exactly do the Krio constructions correspond to those in a given Kwa language or group of Kwa languages? Obviously I can\u27t answer all these questions well in this paper. What I want to do is present some relevant data from some creoles spoken across the Atlantic from the Krio area, namely in the country of Surinam (former Dutch Guiana). I hope thereby to lay part of the groundwork for more serious consideration of the questions just raised. Data from creoles and other languages in other parts of the world will also be brought into the discussion, so that we may start to determine the origins of these syntactic patterns -- African or creole or universal