C.S. Lewis :
McGrath, Alister E., 1953-
C.S. Lewis : a life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet / Alister McGrath. - Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2013. - xvi, 431 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-401) and index.
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.
A definitive portrait of the life of C.S. Lewis.
9781414339351 1414339356
2012033140
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
NonFiction
Christian
Literary
C.S. Lewis : a life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet / Alister McGrath. - Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2013. - xvi, 431 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-401) and index.
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.
A definitive portrait of the life of C.S. Lewis.
9781414339351 1414339356
2012033140
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963.
Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
NonFiction
Christian
Literary
