BEYOND NARNIA: C. S. LEWIS AS LITERARY CRITIC

Lewis, C. S. (1898–1963)

Selected Literary Essays

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1969.

A COLLECTION OF C. S. LEWIS'S MOST IMPORTANT ESSAYS ON LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND CRITICISM.
Edited by Walter Hooper, Selected Literary Essays gathers a wide-ranging selection of Lewis’s critical writings, revealing the depth of his scholarship as a literary historian, medievalist, and interpreter of English literature. Best known to many readers as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia and works of Christian apologetics, Lewis was also a distinguished Oxford literary scholar whose criticism continues to influence the study of literature.

The essays collected here explore subjects ranging from Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Bunyan, Jane Austen, Shelley, Milton, Kipling, and William Morris to broader questions of literary style, language, interpretation, and the relationship between literature and culture.

C. S. LEWIS AS LITERARY CRITIC.
Although widely recognized as a novelist and Christian writer, C. S. Lewis spent much of his academic career studying and teaching medieval and Renaissance literature. These essays demonstrate the breadth of his literary knowledge and his distinctive ability to combine rigorous scholarship with an accessible and deeply human understanding of the written word.

Walter Hooper’s editorial work presents these essays as a significant overview of Lewis’s contribution to twentieth-century literary criticism.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Bound in publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust jacket. xx, [1], 1–329, [1] pages, followed by index; Octavo, 8.5 inches tall. 

CONDITION: Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Giftable Book. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean and bright with no noted flaws. Dust jacket remains crisp and attractive. A superior example.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE — THE LITERARY MIND OF C. S. LEWIS.
 While his fiction and apologetic works brought him international recognition, his career began and remained rooted in literary scholarship. He was one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers on literature, imagination, and faith.

Selected Literary Essays represents Lewis not simply as a popular author, but as a serious critic engaged with centuries of English literary tradition. The collection remains an important resource for understanding the intellectual foundation behind one of the most widely read literary figures of the modern era.

SUBJECTS: C. S. Lewis; Walter Hooper; Literary Criticism; English Literature; Medieval Literature; Shakespeare Studies; Chaucer; John Donne; Jane Austen; William Morris; Literary Essays; Cambridge University Press; Christian Literature; Twentieth-Century Scholarship; English Literary History.

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