Normal view MARC view ISBD view

McGrath, Alister E., 1953-

C.S. Lewis : a life : eccentric genius, reluctant prophet / Alister McGrath - Illinois : Tyndale house Publishers Inc.. c 2013 - xvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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

ISBN: 9781414339351 1414339356

LCCN: 2012033140

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lewis, C. S. 1898-1963

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors, English--20th century--Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
NonFiction
Christian
Literary

LC Class. No.: PR6023.E926 / Z7946 2013

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH FRBC 823.91 M478L B