C. S. Lewis
Subtitle: a life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet
By: Alister McGrath
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Carol Stream, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9781414339351
Subjects: Biography; English Authors
Description: A definitive portrait of the life of C.S. Lewis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : Prelude. The soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908; title: The ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917; title: The 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: The 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.