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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrath, Alister E., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Lewis, C. S.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, [2013]

Summary:

Fifty years after his death, C.S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy remains varied and vast. He was a towering intellectual figure, a popular fiction author who inspired a global movie franchise around the world of Narnia, and an atheist-turned-Christian thinker. In C.S. Lewis-A Life, Alister McGrath, prolific author and respected professor at King's College of London, paints a definitive portrait of the life of C.S. Lewis. After thoroughly examining recently published Lewis correspondence, Alister challenges some of the previously held beliefs about the exact timing of Lewis's shift from atheism to theism and then to Christianity. He paints a portrait of an eccentric thinker who became an inspiring, though reluctant, prophet for our times. You won't want to miss this fascinating portrait of a creative genius who inspired generations.

A definitive portrait of the life of C.S. Lewis.

Contents:

PART 1. Prelude.

The soft hills of down : an Irish childhood, 1898-1908

The ugly country of England : schooldays, 1908-1917

The vasty fields of France : war, 1917-1918

PART 2. Oxford.

Deceptions and discoveries : the making of an Oxford don, 1919-1927

Fellowship, family, and friendship : the early years at Magdalen College, 1927-1930

The 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

PART 3. Narnia.

Rearranging reality : the creation of Narnia

Narnia : exploring an imaginative world

PART 4. Cambridge.

The move to Cambridge : Magdalene College, 1954-1960

Bereavement, illness, and death : the final years, 1960-1963

PART 5. Afterlife.

The Lewis phenomenon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781414339351 ;

OCLC:

805051361