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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... heard Peter howling . When she came down , what do you think ? sitting on the floor ready to spring on Peter was a big black cat . Maude chased it for a long way . I was not able to help matters because I was out on my bych . The next ...
... heard in the telegraph ) , after a pleasant journey . Oldy met me at Euston as you said , but as his train was late , he was not at my platform . However , I got my luggage attended to all right , and met him on the Watford platform ...
... heard from him for a long time . On Wednesday we went to see Benson's company in ' Julius Caesar ' which was very enjoyable . Benson himself as Mark Anthony acted as badly as anyone possibly could , overdoing his part exceedingly , and ...
... heard that he had been degraded . What has happened ? Surely he has not been expelled ? I often had fears as to what he might do at Malvern , but I never thought it would come to this . It is of no use my writing to him for information ...
... heard from W. yet . Hoping you are not ' thinking long , I am , your loving son Jack TO HIS FATHER ( LP IV : 77 ) : My dear Papy , Malvern . 28/9/13 . I hope you don't object to the use of red ink , which is unavoidable , as our study ...