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C.S. Lewis : a life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet / Alister McGrath.

Summary:

Chronicles the life and career of the eccentric British author.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781414339351
  • ISBN: 1414339356
  • Physical Description: xvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-401) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prelude. Soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908 ; Ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917 ; Vasty fields of France : war, 1917-1918 -- Oxford. Deceptions and discoveries : the making of an Oxford don, 1919-1927 ; Fellowship, family, and friendship : the early years at Magdalen College, 1927-1930 ; 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 -- Narnia. Rearranging reality : the creation of Narnia ; Narnia : exploring an imaginative world -- Cambridge. Move to Cambridge : Magdalene College, 1954-1960 ; Bereavement, illness, and death : the final years, 1960-1963 -- Afterlife. Lewis phenomenon.
Subject:
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.

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