C.S. Lewis: Writer, Dreamer, and Mentor - Couverture souple

Adey, Lionel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802842038 ISBN 13 : 9780802842039

Editeur : William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1998

Synopsis

A compulsive writer from childhood, C. S. Lewis saw the world primarily through the medium of books. He read voraciously, and his own writing covers a broad range of genres. This timely study of C. S. Lewis casts a unique light on this beloved figure by tracing his development as a reader and a writer of books.

Lionel Adey shows how the two sides of Lewis's personality, for which Adey adopts the motifs of "the Dreamer" and "the Mentor," are key to understanding Lewis's writing in its various modes. Adey describes Lewis's early development and then devotes a chapter to each kind of writing he attempted: literary history, practical and theoretical criticism, novels for adults and for children, poetry, apologetics, essays and addresses, and letters. Throughout, Adey discusses formative biographical events in Lewis's life, such as the death of his mother when he was nine years old. Adey concludes with an estimate of Lewis's achievement and enduring legacy as a writer.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lionel Adey (1925-2009) was professor emeritus of English and visiting scholar at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. His studies of C. S. Lewis included numerous articles and the book C. S. Lewis's `Great War' with Owen Barfield.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802842038
• ISBN 13: 9780802842039
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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