Shadows of Ecstasy (1933)

by Charles Williams

Series: Aspects of Power (5)

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1933

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Roger Ingram's peroration broke over the silent dining hall:"He and such as he are one with the great conquerors, the great scientists, the great poets; they have all of them cried of the unknown: I will encounter darkness as a bride And hug it in mine arms."

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Charles Wiilliams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths. Shadows of Ecstasy tells of a mysterious invasion that threatens Europe from Africa. United in a fanatic crusade against death, the spiritual powers of the "Dark Continent" rise up with exultant paganism. Charles Williams-novelist, poet, critic, dramatist and biographer-died in his native England in May, 1945. He had a lively and devoted following there and achieved a considerable reputation as a lecturer on the faculty of Oxford University. T.S. Eliot, Dorothy Sayers and C.S. Lewis were among his distinguished friends and literary sponsors.

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