The Pilgrim's Regress is a book of allegorical fiction by C. S. Lewis. This 1933 novel — Lewis's first-published work of prose fiction — and his third piece of work to be published; charts the progress of a fictional character through the philosophical landscape before eventually arriving where he started at traditional Christianity. It is Lewis's personal revision of John Bunyan's 17th century novel, Pilgrim's Progress, recast with the politics, philosophy and aesthetic principles of the early-20th century. As such the character struggles with the modern phoniness, hypocrisy and... intellectual vacancy of the Christian church, Communism, Fascism, and various philosophical and artistic movements. It balances Lewis's neoplatonic mindset with a Kierkegaardian faith-based understanding. It is interesting to note that Lewis' character finds that many philosophical roads ultimately lead to a fascistic nihilism that he associates with Nordic Viking culture – his explanation of the then flourishing Nazi movement and other fascist governments of World War II.
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| Author: | C. S. Lewis |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Speculative fiction |
| Year published: | 1933 |
| Number of editions: | 5 |