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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... Albert Lewis had prospered as a police court solicitor , and on 18 April 1905 the family moved from the semi - detached Dundela Villas , where Warnie and Jack were born , into a house Albert had specially built for his wife , Flora ...
... sometimes agreed with you . ' 9 Grandfather was Richard Lewis ( 1832-1908 ) , the father of Albert . See The Lewis Family in the Biographical Appendix . think the Lewis temper would hold out do you ? 2 C.S. LEWIS COLLECTED LETTERS.
Family Letters, 1905-1931 C. S. Lewis Walter Hooper. Flora Lewis had been ill for months and an operation on 15 February revealed she had cancer . The following month she seemed better , but during this period of uncertainty Albert Lewis's ...
... Albert Lewis saying : ' Not only is Clive an exceptionally bright , intelligent , and most lovable little boy , but he is also very keen and eager to learn . Would that I could write to you in the same strain of Warren ! Ever averse to ...
... Albert's brother , Joseph Lewis ( 1856-1908 ) who died on 3 September 1908. He was a marine consulting engineer . In 1880 he married Mary Tegart , and they had five children , of which Joseph or ' Joey ' ( 1898-1969 ) was at this time ...