C.S. Lewis, poetry, and the Great War 1914-1918 / John Bremer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bremer, John, 1927-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--England--Literature and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

Lewis, C. S.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Spirits in bondage.

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967.

Sassoon, Siegfried.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a realistic and unromantic account of the early years of C.S. Lewis as revealed in 'Spirits in Bondage' and its surrounding events. It calls for a re-appraisal of Lewis himself, not as a 'soldier-poet' but as a young, ruthless and ambitious would-be academic, using others-his father, his university, his mistress-to further his own ends. It throws into stark relief his later conversion.

Contents:

Contents; Permissions; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Great War; 2 The Poets, 1914-1918; 3 Jack and Warren Lewis during the Great War; 4 C.S. Lewis and the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry; 5 Jack and Spirits in Bondage; 6 Robert von Ranke Graves (1895-1985); 7 Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967); 8 Comparisons and Conclusions; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; General Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 11, 2013).

ISBN:

979-82-16-29580-8

0-7391-7153-4

OCLC:

854968713