Dec 17, 2009

A Grief Observed | A Grief Observed

At a glance:

Author: C. S. Lewis
First Published: 1961
Type of Work: Diary
Time of Work: 1960
Setting: England
Principal Characters: C. S. Lewis, Joy Davidman Lewis
Genres: Nonfiction, Diary
Subjects: Suffering, Love or romance, Marriage, God, Cancer, Pain, Christianity, Death or dying, Faith, Bereavement or grief, Joy or sorrow

Form and Content

As both an outspoken Christian and a writer of popular works on the Christian faith, C. S. Lewis found some admirers but perhaps more detractors at the University of Oxford, where he taught English. The Screwtape Letters (1942) and Mere Christianity (1952) enjoyed a wide audience and provoked both disdain and envy. He was, certainly, not without friends. They were, however, almost exclusively male, and until sometime after he met Joy Davidman in 1952, Lewis had considered himself a confirmed bachelor. Not quite fifty-four years old, Lewis had...

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A Grief Observed | A Grief Observed

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