The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 1: Family Letters, 1905-1931Harper Collins, 2004 M06 29 - 1072 páginas The life and mind of C. S. Lewis have fascinated those who have read his works. This collection of his personal letters reveals a unique intellectual journey. The first of a three-volume collection, this volume contains letters from Lewis's boyhood, his army days in World War I, and his early academic life at Oxford. Here we encounter the creative, imaginative seeds that gave birth to some of his most famous works. At age sixteen, Lewis begins writing to Arthur Greeves, a boy his age in Belfast who later becomes one of his most treasured friends. Their correspondence would continue over the next fifty years. In his letters to Arthur, Lewis admits that he has abandoned the Christian faith. "I believe in no religion," he says. "There is absolutely no proof for any of them." Shortly after arriving at Oxford, Lewis is called away to war. Quickly wounded, he returns to Oxford, writing home to describe his thoughts and feelings about the horrors of war as well as the early joys of publication and academic success. In 1929 Lewis writes to Arthur of a friend ship that was to greatly influence his life and writing. "I was up till 2:30 on Monday talking to the Anglo-Saxon professor Tolkien who came back with me to College ... and sat discoursing of the gods and giants & Asgard for three hours ..." Gradually, as Lewis spends time with Tolkien and other friends, he admits in his letters to a change of view on religion. In 1930 he writes, "Whereas once I would have said, 'Shall I adopt Christianity', I now wait to see whether it will adopt me ..." The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume I offers an inside perspective to Lewis's thinking during his formative years. Walter Hooper's insightful notes and biographical appendix of all the correspondents make this an irreplaceable reference for those curious about the life and work of one of the most creative minds of the modern era. |
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... passed into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1915 , becoming a captain in 1918. Following the war he resigned from the army and obtained a regular commission in the Royal Air Force , in which he became a wing commander . He ...
... passed the time in day dreams . I used to day dream a tremendous lot , but these last few days I find when I sit down in a nice chair in front of the fire that I get up an hour later and realise that I've been thinking about absolutely ...
... passing , and if so , he should go to Sandhurst at once . The life may not be too strenuous , but it will be strenuous enough for him . The mere fact that he has set his mind on it is most important , and I think the army is now no bed ...
... passed 21st out of 201 successful candidates for Sandhurst . The first 25 can- didates were awarded Prize Cadetships ' which secured them admission to the College at half fees , and a grant of £ 50 on obtaining a commission . On 3 ...
... passing from there in 1915 into the Devon Regiment . He was promoted to lieutenant in 1917 and during the war he was mentioned in despatches . He made captain in 1926 , and retired in 1931 . 7 Canon James had been succeeded as ...
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