Article Title

Banquet at Belbury: Festival and Horror in That Hideous Strength

Authors

Nancy-Lou Patterson

Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record

First Artist
Nancy-Lou Patterson

Second Artist
Ken Raney

Abstract

Answers criticism of Lewis for setting up “caricatures” of villains in That Hideous Strength and then killing them hideously at the Belbury banquet. Notes “the contrast of festival and horror is [...] a very old element in literature and human culture” and the relationship of humans to animals is appropriate to Romance as Frye defines it. Includes a map of Edgestow by Patterson.

Recommended Citation

Patterson, Nancy-Lou (1981) "Banquet at Belbury: Festival and Horror in That Hideous Strength," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 8 : No. 3 , Article 2.
Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss3/2