Surprised by Joy Summary
C. S. Lewis

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Surprised by Joy Summary

In his book titled "Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life", author and thinker C.S. Lewis sets out to describe the ways in which his childhood and education shaped his mind and trained his thinking to lead ultimately to his concluding that Christianity was the most valid and comprehensive answer to his inherent longing for the experience he calls Joy. He follows the thread through his youth and...

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C. S. Lewis Biographies (8)

C. S. Lewis

6,162 words, approx. 21 pages

"Writing a book is much less like creation than it is like planting a garden or begetting a child," revealed fantasist, scholar, and Christian apologist C. S. Lewis in Letters of C. S. Lewis; "in all ... Read more

C. S. Lewis

5,698 words, approx. 19 pages

November 29, 1898. Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His father, Albert, was a lawyer, and his mother, Flora, the daughter of a clergyman. "My parents had only two children, both sons, and ... Read more

Clive Staples Lewis

643 words, approx. 3 pages

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 Staple... Read more

C(live) S(taples) Lewis

3,980 words, approx. 14 pages

C. S. Lewis has several reputations. He was an important and respected critic and literary scholar, specializing in medieval and Renaissance English literature. To the public he has been well known f... Read more

C(live) S(taples) Lewis

7,107 words, approx. 24 pages

Clive Staples Lewis's importance as an essayist is identifiable with, and to a great extent owing to, his role as a popular apologist for the Christian faith. His emergence from a successful but nonet... Read more

C(live) S(taples) Lewis

10,336 words, approx. 35 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... Read more

C(live) S(taples) Lewis

9,818 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, autobiogr... Read more

Clive Staples Lewis

4,277 words, approx. 15 pages

Biography EssayC. S. Lewis has several reputations. He was an important and respected critic and literary scholar, specializing in medieval and Renaissance English literature. To the public he has bee... Read more

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