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Name: Clive Staples Lewis
Birth Date: November 29, 1898
Death Date: November 24, 1963
Place of Birth: Belfast, Ireland
Place of Death: Oxford, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, novelist, essayist

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Biography of Clive Staples Lewis
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The British novelist and essayist Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was an established literary figure whose impact is increasingly recognized by scholars and teachers. On November 29, 1898, Clive Staples Lewis was born in Belfast, Ireland. He was the...
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Biography of C(live) S(taples) Lewis
10,321 words, approx. 34 pages
Once best known as a Christian apologist and the author of The Screwtape Letters, and admired by at least two generations of scholars as a teacher and literary historian, C. S. Lewis may eventually be most famous for the seven books, collectively...
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Biography of C(live) S(taples) Lewis
9,973 words, approx. 33 pages
Although C. S. Lewis published, as Peter J. Kreeft notes in his C. S. Lewis: A Critical Essay, "some sixty first-quality works of literary history, literary criticism, theology, philosophy, autobiography, Biblical studies, sermons, formal and informal...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Lewis, C. S. Summary
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Novelist, critic, poet, essayist, and Christian apologist Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was born in Belfast on November 29, served in France, and was wounded during World War I. He completed his undergraduate studies at University College,...
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Lewis, C. S. (1898-1963) Summary
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C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, published during the 1950s, are the most widely read Christian fairy tales of the twentieth century. C. S. Lewis Children devour them, not realizing, in most cases, that they are reading religious...
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C. S. Lewis Information
10,871 words, approx. 36 pages
Clive Staples "Jack" Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature, Christian apologetics, literary criticism, and...


News and Journals
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The Dead Famous Quiz.
10/8/2007: 364 words, approx. 1 pages
Question 1 of 10:Which writer choked to death on the lid of his eye medication bottle, thinking it was a sleeping pill?a) Graham Greene (0)b) Tennessee Williams (1)c) C.S. Lewis (0)d) Ian Fleming (0)Question 2 of 10:Which former world leader allowed himself to die after...
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Charlie: The Legacy of a Leader, Part II
7/11/2007: 992 words, approx. 3 pages
   The second remarkable attribute Charlie possessed was his keen sense of identity. In my profession of leader development, I see how leaders view themselves. I’ve seen many embrace the image of servant-leadership in an effort to improve performance. I don’t have a problem with...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Peter J. Schakel
8,008 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following essay, Schakel examines elements of satire in Lewis's fiction. Schakel asserts that "Lewis's success as a satirist, which has not been sufficiently taken into account in previous studies of Lewis, must be given attention if Lewis's works, and his literary imagination, are to be fully understood."
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Critical Essay by Gilbert Meilaender
6,173 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Meilaender examines Lewis's ability to illustrate the spiritual significance of commonplace experience. For Lewis, Meilaender notes, "the whole of life … every ordinary and everyday moment of it, every choice that we make, is charged with the significance of an eternal either/or."
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Critical Essay by Michael Nelson
5,697 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Nelson provides an overview of Lewis's literary career and intellectual development.
 


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