C. S. Lewis (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: A. N. Wilson
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1898-1963
- Setting: Northern Ireland and England
- Principal Characters: Clive Staples Lewis, Warren Hamilton Lewis, Albert Lewis, Jane Moore, Joy Davidman, J. R. R. Tolkien
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Folkloric or magical people, Literature, Emotions, Cancer, Christianity, Punishment, Death or dying, World War I, Witches or witchcraft, Soldiers
- Locales: England, Northern Ireland
A. N. Wilson’s biography of Clive Staples Lewis is undeniably a provocative work. Wilson’s view, stated in his preface, is that this is not his fault: His book is provocative, he suggests, only because of the falsifications and refusals to face the truth of Lewis’ earlier biographers and apologists. Because of Lewis’ role as a defender of Christianity (as well as a writer of fiction and a literary critic), he has been turned after his death—Wilson argues—into a kind of saint, the legend in particular being created that he was a lifelong abstainer from sexual relations. This...
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