(adapted from http://www.island-of-freedom.com/LEWIS.HTM)
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| The English Scholar, science-fiction writer and Christian apologist Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland. He was educated privately and at the University of Oxford, and was a member of the Inklings, a group of Oxford writers including J.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. A fellow and tutor at Oxford from 1925 to 1954, he was subsequently professor of medieval and Renaissance English literature at the University of Cambridge. Lewis' critical works include Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition (1936), which examines the connections between medieval literature and courtly love, and A Preface to Paradise Lost(1942). Lewis was known to a large public, however, as a persuasive and passionate advocate of conservative Christianity through books which examined and explained moral and religious problems. His Perelandra trilogy--Out of the Silent Planet (1938), Perelandra (1943), and That Hideous Strength (1945)--was an unprecedented fusion of science fiction, fantasy and allegory in which he placed the idea of Christian pilgrimage in a cosmic setting, portraying scientists as worldly tempters, blindly self-confident in their wisdom. Works examining the beliefs of traditional Christianity, based in part on radio lectures he did for the BBC during WWII. He also wrote a popular series of children's books known as the Chronicles of Narnia, and many other charming adventure stories. Lewis' sometimes detached but readable style, his penetrating psychological insight, and fertile imagination ensure him a large reaadership in and beyond the Anglican church. Other works include The Great Divorce (1945), The Abolition of Man (1946), and Reflections on the Psalms (1958). (adapted from http://www.island-of-freedom.com/LEWIS.HTM) |
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