Surprised by Joy (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: C. S. Lewis
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1898-1929
- Setting: Great Britain
- Principal Characters: Clive Staples Lewis, Albert James Lewis, Flora Augusta Lewos (NEE Hamilton), Warren Lewis, William Kirkpatrick, Owen Barfield
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Memory, Adolescence, Authors or writers, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Lifestyles, Great Britain, Joy or sorrow
Form and Content
A longtime friend and literary executor of the Lewis estate, Owen Barfield, has suggested that there were, in fact, three C.S. Lewises. That is to say, there were three different vocations that Lewis fulfilled—and fulfilled successfully—in his lifetime. There was, first, Lewis the distinguished Oxford don and literary critic; second, Lewis the highly acclaimed author of science fiction and children’s literature; and third, Lewis the popular writer and broadcaster of Christian apologetics. The amazing thing, Barfield notes, is that those who were...
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