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Selected Literary Essays includes over twenty of C. S. Lewis's most important literary essays, written between 1932 and 1962. The topics discussed in this volume range from Chaucer to Kipling, from "The literary impact of the authorized version" to "Psycho-analysis and literary criticism," to Shakespeare and Bunyan, and Sir Walter Scott and William Morris. Common to each essay, however, are the lively wit, the distinctive forthrightness, and the discreet...
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With his trademark warmth and wit, Lewis uses fiction as a vehicle for revelation.
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• The Screwtape Letters
• The Great Divorce
• Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer
• The Pilgrim's Regress
• Out of the Silent Planet
• Perelandra
• That Hideous Strength
• The Dark Tower
• Till We Have Faces
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On October 26, 1950, C. S. Lewis wrote the first of more than a hundred letters he would send to a woman he had never met, but with whom he was to maintain a correspondence for the rest of his life. Ranging broadly in subject matter, the letters discuss topics as profound as the love of God and as frivolous as preferences in cats. Lewis himself clearly had no idea that these letters would ever see publication, but they reveal facets of his character...
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Esta recopilación reúne nueve ensayos que recogen sus ideas sobre la ficción, entre ellos "Sobre cuentos", "The Death of Words" y "On Three Ways of Writing for Children", así como once piezas que no fueron publicadas en vida.
C. S. Lewis, el gran escritor británico, erudito, teólogo laico, locutor, apologista cristiano y autor de best-sellers como Mero cristianismo, Las cartas del diablo a su sobrino, El gran divorcio, Las crónicas de Narnia...
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Image and Imagination presents some of C. S. Lewis's finest literary criticism and religious exposition. This selection gathers together forty book reviews-never before reprinted-as well as four major essays which have been unavailable for many decades, and a fifth essay, "Image and Imagination," published for the first time. The essays and reviews substantiate Lewis's reputation as an eloquent and authoritative critic across a wide range of literature,...
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With his trademark warmth and wit, Lewis offers invaluable insight and intellectual delight for readers.
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• An Experiment in Criticism
• The Allegory of Love
• The Discarded Image
• Studies in Words
• Image and Imagination
• Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
• Selected Literary Essays
• The Personal Heresy
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From the revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters comes a collection that gathers the best of C. S. Lewis's practical advice on how to embody a Christian life.
The most famous adherent and defender of Christianity in the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis has long influenced our perceptions and understanding of the faith. More than fifty years after his death, Lewis's arguments...
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In the tradition of A Year with C.S. Lewis, get your daily dose of inspiration from this one-of-a-kind devotional collecting 365 readings from the beloved Chronicles of Narnia. C.S. Lewis channeled his profound spiritual understanding into The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and the other books in his seminal fantasy series. This enthralling anthology (with lavish illustrations by Pauline Baynes) is...
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Why do we read literature and how do we judge it? C. S. Lewis's classic An Experiment in Criticism springs from the conviction that literature exists for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He argues that "good reading," like moral action or religious experience, involves surrender to the work in hand and a process of entering fully into the opinions of others: "in reading great literature I become...
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Lo eterno sin disimulo, es una recopilación de nueve ensayos y varias cartas anteriormente publicados en los que Lewis hace un despliegue de su capacidad para razonar con rigor y escribir con lucidez sobre el cristianismo.
Hablar de lo eterno, sin caretas, sin disimulos, sin trampas, esa es la tarea a la que se entrega Lewis en este libro sustancioso. Y para ello utiliza muy distintos medios: una conferencia docta, un coloquio, un debate, una conversación...
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Esta obra, publicada originalmente en 1936, constituye uno de los trabajos académicos más influyentes de C. S. Lewis en el campo de la literatura medieval. En ella se desarrolla un profundo estudio sobre la poesía amorosa alegórica de la Edad Media, cuyo origen se sitúa en los poemas de «amor cortés» de los trovadores del Languedoc desde el siglo XI, a través de su transformación y fin a finales del siglo XVI.
Esta poesía de los trovadores,...
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C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century is an invigorating overview of English literature...
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C. S. Lewis; el gran escritor británico, erudito, teólogo laico, locutor, apologista cristiano y autor de grandes éxitos como Mero cristianismo, Cartas del diablo a su sobrino, El gran divorcio, Las crónicas de Narnia y muchos otros clásicos; presenta la importancia de los relatos y el asombro de la imaginación, elementos a menudo ignorados por los críticos de su época. También relata sus tipos de historias favoritas; cuentos infantiles y...
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Eight of C. S. Lewis's timeless signature classics together in one volume.
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• Mere Christianity
• The Screwtape Letters
• The Great Divorce
• The Problem of Pain
• Miracles
• A Grief Observed
• The Abolition of Man
• The Four Loves
• Reflections on the Psalms
• Surprised by Joy
• Letters to Malcolm
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A repackaged edition of the revered author's spiritual memoir, in which he recounts the story of his divine journey and eventual conversion to Christianity.
C. S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics-takes readers on a spiritual journey through his...
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C. S. Lewis spent a good portion of each day corresponding with people via handwritten letters. Over his lifetime he wrote thousands of letters in which he offered his friends and acquaintances advice on the Christian life, giving away a bit of himself to each of these correspondents as he signed his notes with a heartfelt and familiar, "yours, Jack." Most of these letters are currently only available in their entirety-a collection consisting of three...
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A repackaged edition of the revered author's collection of essays on writing fiction.
C. S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics-was a professor of literature at Oxford University, where he was known for his insightful and often witty presentations...
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A Pocket Guide to GoodnessFew writers have inspired more readers than author C. S. Lewis -- both through the enchanting volumes of his children's series and through his captivating adult classics such as Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, and numerous others. Drawn from many works, this volume collects dictionary-like entries of Lewis's keenest observations and best advice on how to live a truly good life. From ambition to...
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With his trademark warmth and wit, Lewis demonstrates his wide range of interests in this collection of writings—a must-read for fans of Lewis's creative works.
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• The Weight of Glory
• God in the Dock
• Christian Reflections
• On Stories
• Present Concerns
• The World's Last Night
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Publicado por primera vez en el idioma español, La Torre oscura revela otro lado de la mente creativa de Lewis y su fascinación por la realidad y la espiritualidad.
Tan poderosa, inventiva y profunda como sus obras teológicas y filosóficas, La torre oscura es una lectura ideal para los fanáticos de J. R. R. Tolkien, el viejo amigo y colega de Lewis.