Charles Williams Livres

Pop vend des pronostics truqués sur les champs de courses. Pour échapper à la police, il se réfugie avec son fils Billy dans la ferme de son frère Sagamore, un génie local qui depuis quarante ans distille de l'alcool au nez et à la barbe du shérif. Peu après leur arrivée surgit un couple dont la femme est curieusement vêtue. Il s'agit de Caroline Tchou-Tchou, une reine du strip-tease en fuite pour éviter de témoigner à un procès. Parmi l'oeuvre sombre et pessimiste de Charles Williams, ce roman figure comme un joyau d'humour, d'autant plus que l'histoire est racontée par le petit Billy âgé de sept ans. Sa vision candide du monde des adultes, où la brutalité et la filouterie lui apparaissent comme un jeu, constitue un régal. Sous cette forme jubilatoire et bouffonne, le livre critique sévèrement les ligues puritaines américaines et leur obsession du sexe et de l'alcool. Il fait la part belle aux filous et autres sympathiques rebelles qui refusent l'hypocrisie et la morale bigote.

The central theme of this work is the exploration of Beatrice as a symbol of transcendent beauty in Dante's poetry. Charles Williams offers a clear and engaging analysis that makes Dante's complex ideas accessible to both general readers and scholars. He examines Beatrice's influence on Dante's earlier works and delves into The Divine Comedy, emphasizing its theological significance. Williams also addresses modern critiques of Dante, highlighting the complexities of language and the archetypal feminine role, making this book essential for Dante enthusiasts.

Charles Williams (1886-1945), author and scholar, joined the staff of the Oxford University Press in 1908, the publishing house in which he worked for the rest of his life. Throughout these years, poetry, novels, plays, biographies, history, literary criticism, and theology poured from his pen. At the beginning of the Second World War the publishing house was evacuated to Oxford where, in addition to his own writing and his editorial work for the press, he taught in the University. This play was written for performance at the Canterbury Festival of 1936, the year following T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral. Eliot saw the play and became a steady admirer of Williams' work.

The book explores the history of Christianity through the lens of theological conflicts that have shaped the Church. Charles Williams presents a unique perspective, emphasizing how moments of crisis often led to the emergence of figures who reconciled opposing views, preserving unity. He identifies a continuous tension between apophatic and cataphatic theology, exemplified by St. John of the Cross and St. Bonaventure. Rather than viewing these conflicts as detrimental, Williams argues they are essential for the Church's growth and vitality, highlighting their complementary nature.

The Sailcloth Shroud Stuart Rogers leaves Panama with two shipmates. One of them, Baxter, dies of a heart attack midway back to the States, and is buried at sea. Once they dock, the other man, Keefer, is fished out of the bay three days later after having been pistol-whipped to death. He had been seen flashing a lot of money around the night before. But as far as Rogers knew, Keefer was broke. Now the cops want to know where the money came from. They don’t believe that Baxter really died at sea. Neither do the goons who pick up Rogers one night to beat the truth out of him. But if Baxter wasn’t who he seemed to be, one thing Rogers knows for sure is that he’s definitely dead—but who the hell was he? All the WayMarian Forsyth made Harris Chapman the prosperous man he is today. As his private secretary, she advised him on his acquisitions, and turned him into a very wealthy man. She assumed she would become his second wife. But Harris made a foolish he fell in love with a younger, prettier woman. And now Harris must pay. And to that end, Marian creates a brilliant and detailed plan to steal $175,000 from him. All she needs is someone who sounds enough like Harris that he can become Harris long enough to pull it off. That’s where Jerry Forbes comes in—footloose, morally flexible, and completely obsessed with Marian. It’s the perfect match…. for the perfect crime.

First major biography to be published on Beaverbrook in over twenty-five years.