Description |
xvi, 431 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-427) and index. |
Summary |
A definitive portrait of the life of C.S. Lewis. |
Contents |
Part 1 : Prelude. The soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908 -- The ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917 -- The vasty fields of France : war, 1917-1918 -- Part 2 : Oxford. Deceptions and discoveries : the making of an Oxford don, 1919-1927 -- Fellowship, family, and friendship : the early years at Magdalen College, 1927-1930 -- The most reluctant convert : the making of a mere Christian, 1930-1932 -- A man of letters : literary scholarship and criticism, 1933-1939 -- National acclaim : the wartime apologist, 1939-1942 -- International fame : the mere Christian, 1942-1945 -- A prophet without honour? : postwar tensions and problems, 1945-1954 -- Part 3 : Narnia. Rearranging reality : the creation of Narnia -- Narnia : exploring an imaginative world -- -- Part 4 : Cambridge. The move to Cambridge : Magdalene College, 1954-1960 -- Bereavement, illness, and death : the final years, 1960-1963 -- -- Part 5 : Afterlife. The Lewis phenomenon. |
Subject |
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9781414339351 hardcover $24.99 |
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1414339356 hardcover $24.99 |
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