PROPHETS, PLANETS, AND THE PERILOUS REALM

The Literary Context for O'Connor's, Tolkien's, and Lewis's Christian Humanism

April is the cruellest month, breeding // Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing // Memory and desire, stirring // Dull roots with spring rain //…Come under the shadow of this red rock // And I will show you something different from either // Your shadow at morning striding behind you // Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; // I will show you fear…