C. S. Lewis
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Christianity, Christians, Churches
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Lewis enlarged the understanding of the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He also composed novels and children’s literature of lasting impact and published many insightful books concerning Christianity.
Early Life
Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast in Northern Ireland to parents of the professional middle class in 1898. His father, Albert Lewis, was a successful and well-to-do solicitor who nonetheless always felt threatened by poverty. Lewis’s mother, Florence Hamilton, was well educated, having a degree in...
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