Title: C.S. Lewis, writer, dreamer, and mentor
First published: 1998
Description: From early childhood, C. S. Lewis engaged the world around him primarily through the medium of books. He read voraciously, and his own writing covers a broad range of genres. This new study by Lionel Adey is unique in its attempt to trace the development of C. S. Lewis as a maker and reader of books.

Adey shows how the two sides of Lewis's personality, the "Dreamer" and the "Mentor," affected his writing in its various modes: literary history and criticism, fiction for adults and for children, poetry, essays and addresses, and letters. Adey also discusses the formative biographical events in Lewis's life and offers an estimate of Lewis's achievement and legacy as a writer.
Subjects: Mothers and sons, Death, Psychology, Mothers, Bereavement, English Authors, Books and reading, Loss (Psychology), Psychological aspects, Authorship, Psychological aspects of Authorship, Authors, English, Biography, Psychological aspects of Bereavement, Biographies, Mort, Perte (Psychologie), Aspect psychologique, Écrivains anglais, Mères, Livres et lecture, Deuil, Art d'écrire, Psychologie, Mères et fils, Lewis, c. s. (clive staples), 1898-1963, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
People: C. S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PR6023.E926 Z55 1998