Orbilius is another author with whom C. S. Lewis deals more briefly in The Abolition of Man. The name is a pseudonym which Lewis uses to mask the identity of E. G. Biaggini, author of the 1936 textbook The Reading and Writing of English. Lewis critiques Orbilius chiefly for offering a superficial explanation of the use of anthropomorphism in literature.
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Orbilius Character Timeline in The Abolition of Man
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Chapter 1: Men Without Chests
Lewis critiques a second book, by an author he names Orbilius. Orbilius criticizes an anthropomorphized treatment of animals—in which horses are praised as “willing servants” of...
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