Volume 1 Issue 2 Article 8 January 1971 Surprising Joy: C.S. Lewis' Deep Space Trilogy Ethel Wallis Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythpro Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Wallis, Ethel (1971) "Surprising Joy: C.S. Lewis' Deep Space Trilogy," Mythcon Proceedings: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 8. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/vol1/iss2/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mythopoeic Society at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mythcon Proceedings by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Mythcon 51: The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien Albuquerque, New Mexico • Postponed to: July 30 – August 2, 2021 Abstract Examines Lewis’s definitions of Joy in The Pilgrim’s Regress and Surprised by Joy, then shows how Joy is depicted and used throughout the Space Trilogy. Keywords Joy in C.S. Lewis; Lewis, C.S.—Concept of Joy; Lewis, C.S. Space Trilogy—Joy in This article is available in Mythcon Proceedings: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythpro/vol1/iss2/8 Cor values that have been submerged in our worldWallis: of eSurprisingxternals, value Joy:s C.S. Lewis'plexiti Deepes, weSpace are bTrilogyound to our difficult world. However, Middle-earth that our lnner selves recogniz e and even demand, but which our thorough• can help us, Cor it reminds us that good and evil exist, that there Is al• ly a-spiritual society denies.