From C. S. Lewis’ Joy to Nicolae Steinhardt’s Happiness

• Authors: Laura Carmen Cuţitaru
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper highlights common or divergent points in the way in which the concept of ”joy” is reflected in two masterpieces of Christian literature: Surprised by Joy (C. S. Lewis) and The Diary of Happiness (N. Steinhardt)

Keywords

EN

joy; happiness; Sehnsucht; Christianity; Orthodox Christian tradition

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Linguaculture
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 2014
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 99-103

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2015-04-23

Contributors

author

Laura Carmen Cuţitaru

• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi

References

• C. S. Lewis. The Pilgrim’s Regress. Eerdsman Pocket Edition, 1986. Print.
• C. S. Lewis. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life. Bles, London, 1955 (ed. rom. Surprins de bucurie. Povestea unei convertiri. Bucureşti: Humanitas, 2013). Print.
• N. Steinhardt. Jurnalul fericirii. Cluj-Napoca: Editura Dacia, 1992. Print.

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/lincu-2015-0023