C.S. Lewis
Subtitle: a life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet
By: Alister McGrath
Publisher: W F Howes Ltd
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rearsby, Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9781471254246
Subjects: English Authors; Biography
Description: For more than half a century, C.S. Lewis's Narnia series has captured the imagination of millions. In this book, Alister McGrath recounts the unlikely legacy of this Oxford don, who spent his days teaching medieval English Literature and his nights writing a bestselling fantasy series for children. To write this biography, McGrath studied all of Lewis's correspondence and archival materials in chronological order, so as to illuminate afresh this much-loved author's life, challenging some of the previously held beliefs about the timing of Lewis's shift from atheism to theism and Christianity. This definitive biography paints a portrait of a deeply original thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times. Accessible and engaging, this is a fascinating portrayal of a creative genius who continues to inspire millions of readers around the world.
Notes: Published by W.F. Howes under the Clipper imprint.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Prelude. Soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908; title: Ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917; title: Vasty fields of France : war, 1917-1918; title: Part 2 : Oxford. Deceptions and discoveries : the making of an Oxford don, 1919-1927; title: Fellowship, family, and friendship : the early years at Magdalen College, 1927-1930; title: Most reluctant convert : the making of a mere Christian, 1930-1932; title: A man of letters : literary scholarship and criticism, 1933-1939; title: National acclaim : the wartime apologist, 1939-1942; title: International fame : the mere Christian, 1942-1945; title: A prophet without honour? : postwar tensions and problems, 1945-1954; title: Part 3 : Narnia. Rearranging reality : the creation of Narnia; title: Narnia : exploring an imaginative world; title: Part 4 : Cambridge. The move to Cambridge : Magdalene College, 1954-1960; title: Bereavement, illness, and death : the final years, 1960-1963; title: Part 5 : Afterlife. The Lewis phenomenon.