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How to Read All of C.S. Lewis’ Essays

One of the struggles as a C.S. Lewis reader is trying to navigate the essay collections. I have 19 anthologies and collections on my shelf, and a quick internet search is going to send you scurrying to about 25 different sources all told. Those sources come from separate UK & US publication streams, as well as a series of revised editions, abridgements, gift editions, selections, and reprints under different names.

Honestly, it’s a bit of a mess.

Arend’s lists were important as I set up my schedule to read Lewis chronologically (though I had to redate things by time of writing, rather than publication), and I find myself frequenting his webpage whenever I need to look something up.

• The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (revised and expanded edition, US, 1980): This is a beautiful collection that shouldn’t be confused with the 1949 collection of the same name (or  Transpositions and Other Essays in the UK).

• Christian Reflections (UK/US, 1967): These are Christian pieces that are a little lighter in tone, and offer cultural criticism and encouragement to Christian growth.  The Seeing Eye (1986) has most, but not all, of these pieces.

• Of This and Other Worlds (UK, 1982); On Stories and Other Essays on Literature (US, 1982): This is the most full collection of Lewis’ popular-level pieces on writing, literature, and science fiction. Don’t confuse it with the excellent collection  Of Other Worlds (1966), which has about half the essays plus four of the stories that are in  The Dark Tower and Other Stories (1977).
• The World’s Last Night and Other Essays (US, 1960): This is a volume that Lewis himself put together with his publisher but has been reprinted in a couple of series. These essays are within the apologetics and popular philosophy category (like God in the Dock  part 1).
• Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (UK/US, 1966): This volume contains some essays that introduce the reader to literature from the late middle ages through the time of Milton (roughly 11th-17th centuries), as well as some studies of individual books in that period.
• Selected Literary Essays (UK/US, 1969): A diverse collection that runs from Jane Austen to the King James Bible and all the way back through Tasso to the medieval storytellers.
• Image and Imagination: Essays and Reviews (UK/US, 2013): Although published last, this might be the best place for the reader new to Lewis’ academic literature essays. A lot of the books he reviews are great reads, and even the more obscure reviews contain Lewisian wit and knowledge. It also includes some essays that have been out of print for decades.

Some notes: The version I put first in the list is the one I have on my shelf (and typically the most accessible to others); the 3 literary collections (#s6-9) are the same on either continent. You’ll notice there is almost no overlap, so what looked like a complete mess falls into place in 2013 with the release of Image and Imagination . Arend divides the essays between academic (#s7-9) and popular (#s1-6), but the 1st section of  God in the Dock  (#2) is a bit of a challenge, and much of  Image and Imagination (#9) is fairly accessible. We could also divide the books between “Christian” (#s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6) and “literary” (#s 5, 7, 8, 9). There are likely some errors here (a lot of the essays are named various things and I might have messed it up); let me know if you see something.

Wherever your interests lie, I hope this list supplements Arend Smilde’s excellent work to give you the resources you need to track down Lewis’ shorter work. For the burgeoning C.S. Lewis scholar, these are the nine core books that cover the majority of the short pieces you’ll need for your bibliography.

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66 responses to how to read all of c.s. lewis’ essays.

Thank you for this, much appreciated. I have often wondered how I would know if I had read all of his essays or not.

Sort of a lengthy checklist!

This is splendid: well done, and thank you very much! A very useful addition to Arend Smilde’s two pieces you link!

Two sudden thoughts:

Do you happen to know what the state of affairs is with respect to that wartime lecture on records, half of which Professor Poe happily rediscovered not so very long ago?

And, Arend Smilde once showed me (as I recall) an edition of the Socratic Club papers (by various hands, including Lewis’s), the details of which I forget – and have not paused to try to rediscover. Speaking of more hands than one’s, there is of course The Personal Heresy which began as an exchange of separately published essays by Lewis and Tillyard.

Another footnote: there is (I understand) a recording of Lewis reading his Cambridge Inaugural address, and (I further understand) its text differs from the printed one: Arend Smilde made use of both, for his Dutch translation!

I have not hear this recording (though I heard there were some differences). Is it secret?

In his translation (published in 1997) Arend Smilde notes that in April 1955 Lewis read a slightly revised version for BBC radio broadcast, under the title ‘The Great Divide’, and that it was then still available from The Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation Inc. in a collection called C.S. Lewis: Comments and Critiques. While there is also a 2001 note by the late Bruce Edwards online to the effect that it was then still the case, I am, bizarrely, having no luck searching online a bit to see if that is still the case, now!

I did find a little more detail about its first broadcast:

http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/03568ecb9cd24764a1dee7bbbfe2d93e

I wish it was available. It isn’t the words so much as the sense of humour. I’d be curious to know whether his voice ever cracked when he was telling a joke. Was he ever sly. Did he wink where the text winks? That’s it. So where is the recording?

I fear the answer may be along the lines of ‘who (which library) owns a copy?’ – but maybe I’m just not handy enough at searching…

Just a partial answer–I don’t know on Poe–but Joel Heck has published as much of the Socratic Digest as is possible. Here is the US link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/joel-d-heck-editor/socratic-digest/paperback/product-20373348.html . Also, Heck as edited and re-produced the Personal Heresy–a book I enjoyed a lot.

Thanks for the publication details! – I’m sure that’s what Arend Smilde showed me one time, but I couldn’t remember any more details!

I don’t remember hearing about his Personal Heresy edition! I’ll try to follow that up. It certainly is a fascinating, enjoyable book to my mind, too.

Personal Heresy is also being re-released this week by Harper Collins in the US. I suspect the Euro scene will follow.

Good to hear!

Not sure if I’ve understood right, but this seems to be missing “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment” (with replies and a rejoinder) from 1954:

http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/journals/ResJud/1954/30.html

Fascinating – thank you! I have never seen this publication of the essay (though I have read about it). What I am especially curious about is the lecture on “The Norse Spirit in English Literature” which Lewis prepared for the Joint Broadcasting Committee, part of which Harry Lee Poe encountered on a 78 rpm recording and wrote about in December 2015 in Christianity Today.

It’s in the one volume “Essay Collection & Other Short Pieces” (Harper Collins, ISBN 0-00-628157-5)

Hi Leonna, David, and Oliver,” I believe I have “The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment” at 1949, which is in God in the Dock. David, we have about 1/2 of the Norse Spirit talk in Hal Poe’s second Lewis biography from a couple of years ago. It is neat to read. Almost everything is in the Wamsley essay collection! But it is very hard to find.

Wow. That’s a cool compilation.

I too have frequently availed myself of Smilde’s work, and appreciate your new aid which offers the new timeline information.

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Wow, talk about nerdy-love! I had no idea Lewis wrote essays, let alone wrote so many. This is wonderful. You’ve opened a whole new door of thought for me. Thanks for making the spreadsheet, I can only imagine how much time it took to collate all that information together. Go you! 🙂

Thanks. I suppose you have disregarded the Essay Collection (one-volume 2000, two-volume 2002) because it is no longer available — is that right?

David — All of Lewis’s five surviving papers for the Socratic Club have long found their way into the various collections. Even his 1943 Preface for the first Socratic Digest was reprinted (“The Founding of the Socratic Club”, in God in the Dock, 1970). See Walter Hooper’s list in his essay “Oxford’s Bonny FIghter” in James Como’s CSL at the Breakfast Table (1979, 2nd ed. 1992; re-issued in 2005 as Remembering CSL). The only thing that might be called an exception is the Socratic secretary’s account of CSL’s address on 8 Feb 1943, “If We Have Christ’s Ethics, Does the Rest of the Christan Faith Matter?”: but this short text is included in Hooper’s essay. By the way, Hooper’s list unaccountably omits “Is Theism Important?”, i.e. Lewis’s reply to H. H. Price, probably read in Michaelmas Term 1951 and also reprinted in God in the Dock, 1970.

Hi Arend, no thank you for your work! Mine was a few hours of playing; your work has been years of commitment. Yes, I left out the super big collections which are not impracticably expensive. I have also left out the non-US/UK editions that are floating around (partly because they are incomplete, and partly because though they may not break copyright in their country, it is not blessed by the CSL Co.). Your mentioning “Is Theism Important?” makes me realize I left off the question mark in the chart. It is worthy of note that Joel Heck edited the Socratic Papers that are available and that’s for sale online.

This is excellent; thank you! I’ve passed it on to other people who will appreciate it.

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Seeing this got me wondering how early Lewis wrote about science fiction – from your list, it looks like later than this (unless I’m forgetting some content of earlier essays):

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/15/winston-churchill-essay-alien-life-discovered-us-college-are-we-alone-in-the-universe

It also got me wondering if Churchill knew (of) any of the Ransom books: he could have read OSP before writing this!

Well, I don’t know that Churchill knew much about Lewis except what was in his version of the street, which was probably something like this, spoken over brandy in the 22 hours that Church hill was awake each day, “Pip pip, old boy. Have you heard of that medieval chap at Magdalen. Got religion, it seems. Good face for radio though.” Sorry, that’s how my mind works. Lewis’ first SF I think was Out of the Silent Planet after reading David Lindsay and Charles Williams, and after the bet with Tolkien.

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You may have responded to this above. I have a large collection called: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces, edited by Lesley Walmsley, and published by Harper Collins Publishers. It is the UK version published in 2000 (says Text copyright 2000 C. S. Lewis Pte Ltd). I was wondering, how many of the essays that you mention above are contained in this collection, and which other essay collections would I need to get in order to have a full collection of Lewis’s essays. I already have almost every essay collection, but there are a couple that I haven’t yet purchased, and am wondering about whether it is necessary.

I think someone mentioned it, David. I don’t have that book, but I have a PDF that was built off of it. Because it is out of print and wasn’t released in the U.S., I left it out. As Canada, Australia and a few others have Lewis in public domain, I suspect these essays might become available there. Our version of gutenberg in Canada has the fiction. I haven’t compared the collection, but Arend Smilde has. Take a look at his links and he’ll lead you well.

There’s the one single hardback volume ed. / complied by Lesley Walmsley called “C. S. Lewis Essay Collection: and other short pieces” that had everything in. It was also available in two paperbacks — “Faith, Christianity & The Church” and “Literature, Philosophy and Short Stories”, which basically split the one book into two. I think if you have those two (or the single volume) then you have everything. I hope so!

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There is a new collection that would be useful to add to your chart:

https://www.amazon.com/Essay-Collection-Faith-Christianity-Church/dp/0007136536/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=cs+lewis+essays+faith+christianity&qid=1568650019&s=books&sr=1-3

It contains the following essays:

1. The Grand Miracle 2. Is Theology Poetry? 3. The Funeral of a Great Myth 4. God in the Dock 5. What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? 6. The World’s Last Night 7. Is Theism Important? 8. The Seeing Eye 9. Must Our Image of God Go? 10. Christianity and Culture 11. Evil and God 12. The Weight of Glory 13. Miracles 14. Dogma and the Universe 15. ‘Horrid Red Things’ 16. Religion: Reality or Substitute? 17. Myth Became Fact 18. Religion and Science 19. Christian Apologetics 20. Work and Prayer 21. Religion Without Dogma? 22. The Decline of Religion 23. On Forgiveness 24. The Pains of Animals 25. Petitionary Prayer 26. On Obstinacy in Belief 27. What Christmas Means to Me 28. The Psalms 29. Religion and Rocketry 30. The Efficacy of Prayer 31. Fern-seed and Elephants 32. The Language of Religion 33. Transposition 34. Why I Am Not a Pacifist 35. Dangers of National Repentance 36. Two Ways With the Self 37. Meditation on the Third Commandment 38. On Ethics 39. Three Kinds of Men 40. Answers to Questions on Christianity 41. The Laws of Nature 42. Membership 43. The Sermon and the Lunch 44. Scraps 45. After Priggery-What? 46. Man or Rabbit? 47. ‘The Trouble with “X”…’ 48. On Living in an Atomic Age 49. Lilies That Fester 50. Good Work and Good Works 51. A Slip of the Tongue 52. We Have No ‘ Right to Happiness’ 53. Christian Reunion 54. Priestesses in the Church? 55. On Church Music 56. The Conditions for a Just War 57. The Conflict in Anglican Theology 58. Miracles 59. Mr. C.S. Lewis on Christianity 60. A Village Experience 61. Correspondence with an Anglican who Dislikes Hymns 62. The Church’s Liturgy, Invocation and Invocation of Saints 63. The Holy Name 64. Mere Christians 65. Canonisation 66. Pittenger-Lewis and Version Vernacular 67. Capital Punishment and Death Penalty

That is a strong collection. I see that it is available now, so I’m glad you linked it. I didn’t initially use it because, frankly, I couldn’t find it for a reasonable price. I do see it now! Most of the other volumes are pretty cheap used.

Also I’ve converted your chart to a PDF that is searchable for ease of finding essay titles – I’ve made the link available via Google Docs:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qe9aLtLmoK-HPIwMQtfnx7k5J0LvYJeJ

Thanks for all your work on this!

Thanks Tyler! I hope that is helpful to readers too.

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This volume, available in print for the first time since 1980, includes over twenty of C. S. Lewis's most important literary essays, written between 1932 and 1962. The topics discussed range from Chaucer to Kipling, from 'The literary impact of the authorised version' to 'Psycho-analysis and literary criticism', from Shakespeare and Bunyan to Sir Walter Scott and William Morris. Common to each essay, however, are the lively wit, the distinctive forthrightness, and the discreet erudition which characterise Lewis's best critical writing.

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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 erudition which characterize Lewis's best critical writing.

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• Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics. Heinemann, 1919 (full-text; also e-audiobook . This Lewis's first book, published under pseudonym "Clive Hamilton").
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• Studies in Words . 2nd ed. Cambridge Univ., 1967.
• Grief Observed . Blackstone, 2006 ( Netlibrary e-audiobook for Tyndale community only).
• The Discarded Image. An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Studies . Cambridge, 1962.
• Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Studies . Cambridge Univ., 1966.
• Selected Literary Essays . Ed. W. Hooper. Cambridge Univ., 1969.
• An Experiment in Criticism . Cambridge Univ., 1961.
• The Abolition of Man. 1944 (full-text; compare HarperCollins edition, 2000 ).
• Preface to Paradise Lost . Atlantic, 2005.
• The Personal Heresy: A Controversy (with E.M.W. Tillyard). Oxford Univ., 1939 (full-text pdf.).
• Spenser's Images of Life . Ed. A. Fowler. Cambridge Univ., 1967.
• Fern-seeds and Elephants and other Essays on Christianity . Ed. W. Hooper, 1975; also copy ; originally entitled: "Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism," Christian Reflections , 1981.
• Letters to an American Lady . Ed. C.S. Kilby. Eerdmans, 1978.
• Christian Reflections . Ed. W. Hooper. Eerdmans, 1994.

Lectures and Articles

• "De Descriptione Temporum " (Lewis's Inaugural Lecture from The Chair of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University in 1954; full-text).
• "Beyond Personality, 1944" (Audio; BBC C.S. Lewis broadcast radio show)
• " We have no 'right to happiness' ." N.d.
• " Miserable Offenders": An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language ." N.d.
• " Screwtape proposes a Toast ." N.d.
• "On Three Ways of Writing for Children ." From Of Other Worlds , 1963.
• "The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version " (pdf). Athlon Press, 1950.
• "Three letters by C.S. Lewis to Sheldon Vanauken ," 1950-51; other personal correspondence (samples).
• " Introduction ." Athanasius: On the incarnation: the treatise De incarnatione Verbi Dei. St. Vladimir's Press, 1996. Pp. 3-12.
• " Reluctant Convert ." In: The Spirit of Man: Great Stories and Experiences of Spiritual Crisis, Inspiration, and the Joy of Life . W. Burnett, ed. Ayer, 1958. Pp. 326-346.
• " The Inner Ring ." 1944.
• "Is Progress Possible? Willing Slaves of the Welfare State ." The Observer , 1958.
• " Friendship " (and copy ). In: On the Contrary: Men and Women . Ed. M. Rainbolt and J. Fleetwood. SUNY Press, 1984. Pp. 43-50.
• "Priestess in the Church?" 1948. 5 Pp. (pdf). Later published in God in the Dock (Eerdmans, 1970).
• "Meditation in a Toolshed " (pdf).  Later published in God in the Dock (Eerdmans, 1970).
• "On the Reading of Old Books " (pdf). Later published in God in the Dock (Eerdmans, 1970).
• "Man or Rabbit? " (pdf). Later published in God in the Dock (Eerdmans, 1970).
• " What are we to make of Jesus Christ? " (pdf).Later published in God in the Dock (Eerdmans, 1970).
• " Bulverism ." Later published in God in the Dock (Eerdmans, 1970).
• C.S. Lewis: Poems . 13 selected poems by C.S. Lewis, 2004.
• " Last Will of C.S. Lewis ." 1961.
• The Quotable Lewis. An Encyclopedic Selection of Quotes . Ed. W. Martindale and J. Root. Tyndale House, 1985.
• An Interview with C.S. Lewis, with Sherwood E. Wirt . 1963.
• The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis . Ed. W. Hooper. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1984 .
• A Year with C.S. Lewis. Daily Readings from his Classic Works . Ed. P. Klein. HarperCollins, 2003.

Adaptations

• Narnia: The Short Musical Version . Dramatization based on the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe ). Adapted by J. Tasca. Dramatic Publishing, 1995.
• The Screw Tape Letters . Dramatization. Adapted by J. Forsyth. Dramatic Publishing, 1961.
• The Magician's Nephew . Dramatization. Adapted by A. Harris. Dramatic Publishing, 1984.
• Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe . Dramatization. Adapted by Don Quinne. Dramatic Publishing, 1968.

Secondary Sources

Introductory articles and essays on c.s. lewis.

• Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works by C.S. Lewis , Montreat College, 1997.
• Dorsett, Lyle. " C.S. Lewis: A Profile of His Life ." Christian History 7 (1985).
• " C.S. Lewis ." In: The SCM Press A-Z of Evangelical Theology . Ed. R. Olson. SCM, 2005.  Pp. 119-122.
• Stackhouse, John. " C.S. Lewis: The Christian Individual ." In: Making the Best of it: Following Christ in the Real World. Oxford, 2008. Pp. 45-80.
• Tolson, Jay. " God's Story-Teller. The Curious Life and Prodigious Influence of C.S. Lewis ." US News , 2005.
• Selected encyclopedia and dictionary entries for C.S. Lewis ( Gale Reference Library ; Tyndale community only).
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Introductory Books and Biographies on C.S. Lewis

• Adey, Lionel. C.S. Lewis: Writer, Dreamer, Mentor . Eerdmans, 1998.
• Bramley, Perry C. C.S. Lewis: Life at the Center . Peake, 1996.
• Cort, Wayne A. C.S. Lewis Then and Now . Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. (Also full-text in ebrary ; for Tyndale students only).
• Como, James. Remembering C.S. Lewis: Recollections of Those Who Knew Him . Ignatius, 2005.
• Edwards, Bruce. C.S. Lewis: Life, Works and Legacy .  Vol 1 (and copy ); Vol. 2 ; Vol. 3 ; Vol. 4 . Praeger, 2007.
• Gilbert, D., and C.S. Kilby. C.S. Lewis: Images of His World . Eerdmans, 2005.
• Gormley, Beatrice. C.S. Lewis: The Man Behind Narnia . Eerdmans, 1998.
• Gresham, Douglas. Jack's Life: The Life Story of C. S. Lewis , Vol. 1. B & H, 2005 (and copy ).
• Harwood, Laurence. C.S. Lewis: My Godfather . Intervarsity, 2007.
• Kilby, Clyde S. The Christian World of C. S. Lewis . Eerdmans, 1964.
• Kort, Wesley. C.S. Lewis, Then and Now . Oxford Univeristy Press, 2001 ( full-text Netlibrary ebook for Tyndale community only).
• Kreeft, Peter. C.S. Lewis for the Third Millenium . Ignatius, 1994.
• MacSwain, Robert, and Michael Ward, eds. The Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis . Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010.
• Peters, Thomas C. Simply C.S. Lewis: A Beginner's Guide to his Life . Crossway, 1997.
• Root, J., W. Martindale, L. Washington. The Soul of C.S. Lewis: A Meditative Journey Through Twenty-Six of his Best-Loved Writings . Tyndale, 2010.
• Sims, John A. Missionaries to the skeptics: Christian apologists for the twentieth century : C.S. Lewis, Edward John Carnell, and Reinhold Niebuhr . Mercer, 1995.
• Sayer, George. Jack: A Life of C.S. Lewis . Crossway, 1994.
• Vander Elst, Philip. C.S. Lewis: A Short Introduction . Continuum, 1996.
• White, Michael. C.S. Lewis: Creator of Narnia . Da Capo Press, 2005.
• Wilson, A.N. C.S. Lewis: A Biography . Norton, 1990.

Monographs and Collections on Aspects of C.S. Lewis's Work

• Aeschliman, Michael D. The Restitution of Man: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism . Eerdmans, 1998.
• Baggett, David, et al., ed. C.S. Lewis as Philosopher: Truth, Goodness and Beauty . InterVarsity, 2008.
• Bassham, G., and J. Walls, ed. The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy: The Lion, the Witch, and the Worldview . Open Court, 2005.
• Bloom, Harold, ed. C.S. Lewis. Bloom's Modern Critical Views . Infobase, 2006 (also copy ). Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations: The Chronicles of Narnia . Infobase, 2006.
• Brind, Ronald K. A Guide to the C. S. Lewis Tour in Oxford . Janus, 2006.
• Burson, S. and J. Walls. C.S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer: Lessons for a New Century . InterVarsity, 1998.
• Conn, Marie A. C.S. Lewis and Human Suffering . Paulist, 2008.
• Connelly, Sean. Inklings of Heaven: C.S. Lewis and Eschatology . Gracewing, 2007.
• Dickerson, Matthew T., and David O'Hara. Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis . Univ. Press of Kentucky, 2009 (also full-text in ebrary ; for Tyndale students only).
• Downing, David. Into the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles . Wiley & Sons, 2008; Into the Region of Awe: Mysticism in C.S. Lewis . InterVarsity, 2005 (also Netlibrary e-audiobook for Tyndale community only); The Most Reluctant Convert: C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith . InterVarsity, 2004; Planets in Peril. A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy . Univ. of Massachusetts, 1995.
• Duriez, Colin. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship . Paulist, 2003.
• Edwards, Bruce. Further Up And Further in: Understanding C. S. Lewis's the Lion, the Witch, And the Wardrobe . B & H, 2005 (and copy ). See also Edwards, Sundry Essays on C.S. Lewis (personal website);  Not a tame lion: unveil Narnia through the eyes of Lucy, Peter, and other characters created by C. S. Lewis . Tyndale, 2005.
• Gilchrist, K. J. A Morning After War: C.S. Lewis and WWI . Peter Lang, 2005.
• Glaspey, Terry. The Spiritual Legacy of C.S. Lewis . Cumberland House, 1996 (copy with title: Not a Tame Lion , 2005).
• Hardy, Elizabeth Baird. Milton, Spenser and the Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis Novels . MacFarland, 2007.
• Hinten, Marvin D. The Keys to the Chronicles: Unlocking the Symbols of C. S. Lewis's Narnia . B & H, 2005.
• Kawano, Roland. C.S. Lewis: Always a Poet .  University of America Press, 2004.
• King, Don W. C.S. Lewis, Poet. The Legacy of his Poetic Impulse . Rev'd ed. Kent State, 2001.
• Kreeft, Peter. Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death With John F. Kennedy, C. S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley . 2nd ed. InterVarsity, 2008 (and 1st edition , 1982).
• Lindsley, Arthur. C.S. Lewis's Case for Christ: Insights from Reason, Imagination, and Faith . InterVarsity, 2005.
• Lindskoog, Kathryn. Sleuthing C.S. Lewis: More Light in the Shadowlands . Mercer University, 2001.
• Lobdell, Jared. The Scientifiction Novels of C.S. Lewis: Space and Time in the Ransom Stories . McFarland, 2004 (and copy ).
• Meilaender, Gilbert. The Taste for the Other: The Social and Ethical Thought of C.S. Lewis . Rev'd ed. Regent College, 2003.
• Mills, David. The Pilgrim's Guide: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness . Eerdmans, 1998.
• Mühling, Markus. A Theological Journey into Narnia: An Analysis of the Message Beneath the Text of "The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006 (also German original ).
• Myers, Doris T. C.S. Lewis in Context . Kent State University Press, 1998; Bareface: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's Last Novel . Univ. of Missouri, 2004. (Also full-text via ebrary ; Tyndale students only).
• Nicholi, Armand M., Jr. The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life . Free Press, 2002.
• Pearce, Joseph. C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church . Ignatius Press, 2003.
• Purtill, Richard. Lord of the Elves and Eldiles. Fantasy and Philosophy in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein . 2nd ed. Ignatius, 2006; C.S. Lewis' Case for the Christian Faith . Ignatius, 1981.
• Reppert, Victor. C.S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: A Philosophical Defense of Lewis's Argument from Reason . InterVarsity, 2003.
• Rogers, Jonathan. The World According to Narnia: Christian Meaning in C.S. Lewis's Beloved Chronicles . E-audio Book. Blackstone, 2007 (available as Netlibrary e-audio book to Tyndale community only).
• Ryken, Leland, and Marjorie Lamp Mead. A Reader's Guide Through the Wardrobe: Exploring C.S. Lewis's Classic Story . IVP, 2005.
• Samons, Martha C. War of the fantasy worlds: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien on Art and Imagination . ABC-CLIO, 2009.
• Schakel, Peter J. Imagination and the Arts in C.S. Lewis: Journeying to Narnia and other Worlds . Univ. of Missouri, 2002; The Way into Narnia: A Reader's Guide . Eerdmans, 2005.
• Schwartz, Sanford. C.S. Lewis on the Final Frontier. Science and the Supernatural in the Space Trilogy . Oxford Univ. Press, 2009.
• Valarde, Peter. Conversations with C.S. Lewis. Imaginative Discussions about Life, Christianity and God . Intervarsity, 2008.
• Vaus, Will. Mere Theology: A Guide to the Thought of C.S. Lewis . InterVarsity, 2008.
• Walsh, Milton. Second Friends: C. S. Lewis and Ronald Knox in Conversation . Ignatius, 2008.
• Wielenberg, Erik J. God and the Reach of Reason: C.S. Lewis, David Hume, and Bertrand Russell . Cambridge, 2008 (full-text Netlibrary ebook available to Tyndale community)
• Williams, Donald T. Mere Humanity: G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien on the Human Condition . B & H, 2006.

Articles, Essays

• Abraham, William. " C.S. Lewis and the Conversion of the West ." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity (March-April 1998).
• Albu, Rodica. " C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man ." Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 15 (2006) [pdf].
• Christian History and Biography 7 (1985). [The entire issue focuses on C.S. Lewis].
• Clasper, Paul . " C.S. Lewis's Contribution to a 'Missionary Theology': An Asian Perspective ." The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society 141 (1981).
• Cole, Darrell. " The Problem of War: C.S. Lewis on Pacifism, War and the Christian Warrior ." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity (April 2003).
• Dodson, Mary. " Capturing C.S. Lewis's 'Mere' Christianity. Another Look at Shadowlands ." Journal of Religion and Film 6, no. 1 (April 2002).
• Ferngren, Gary. " C. S. Lewis on Creation and Evolution: The Acworth Letters, 1944-1960 ." Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 48 (March 1996): 28-33.
• Fowler, Alastair. " C.S. Lewis: Supervisor ." Yale Review 91, no. 4 (2003), 64-80.
• Haldane, J.B.S. " A Scientist Strikes Back: Two Attacks on C.S. Lewis ." From: Everything Has a History (1951): 249-267.
• Hall, Douglas John. " Appendix: The Problem of Pain, by C.S. Lewis ," in: God and Human Suffering . Fortress, 1987. Pp. 158-169.
• Houston, James. " The Prayer-Life of C.S. Lewis ." Crux  24, no. 1 (March 1988): 2-10 (and copy ); " C.S. Lewis's Concern for the Future of Humanity ." Knowing and Doing (Spring 2006).
• Jeffrey, David L. " Reading Wisely, Reading Well " and " Reading the Bible with C.S. Lewis ," in: Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture . Baylor, 2003. Pp. 173-180; 181-194.
• Jordan, Gregory E. " The Invention of Man: A Response to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man ." Journal of Evolution and Technology 19, no. 1 (September 2008): 35-41.
• LaBar, Martin. " A World is not Made to Last Forever. The Bioethics of C.S. Lewis ." JASA 35 (June 1983): 104-107.
• Lindskoog, K., and G.F. Ellwood. " C.S. Lewis: Natural Law, the Law in our Hearts ." Christian Century (Nov. 14, 1984): 1059.
• Linzey, Andrew. C.S. Lewis's Theology of Animals . Anglican Theological Review (Winter 1998).
• Loades, Ann. " The Grief of C.S. Lewis ." Theology Today 46, no. 3 (Oct. 1989): 269-276.
• Lutheran Theological Review 19 (2006-07). [pdf; the entire issue focuses on C.S. Lewis].
• MacDonald, Michael H. " In Defence of Permanent Things ." Lecture, Seattle Pacific University, 1986.
• Manlove, Colin N. " C.S. Lewis (1898-1968) and Perelandra ." In: Modern Fantasy: Five Studies . Cambridge Univ. Press, 1978. Pp. 99-151.
• Markus, Louis. " Myth Matters. Why C.S. Lewis's books remain models for Christian apologists in the 21st century ." Christianity Today , April 23, 2001.
• Martindale, Wayne. " C.S. Lewis, Reluctant Churchman." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity (Summer-Fall 1988); " C.S. Lewis on Gender Language in the Bible: A Caution. " Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity (Summer, 1990).
• Meilaender, G. " Theology in Stories: C. S. Lewis and the Narrative Quality of Experience ." Word and World 1, no. 3 (1981): 222-229; " Psychoanalyzing C.S. Lewis ." Christian Century (May 16-23, 1990): 525-529.
• Mitchell, Chris. " Mere Christianity: The Book, the idea and the legacy ." Five [e-audio] lectures, presented Feb. 19-20, 2010.
• Northey, Wayne. " Failure of the Non-Violent Gospel ." Catholic New Times (Oct. 24, 2004).
• Paulsell, Stephanie. " Indoor Exploration: Reading as Spiritual Practise for Children and Youth ;" " Tell them Stories ." Lectures given at Princeton Seminary, 2005.
• Quinn, Dermot. " Chesterton, Lewis, and the uses of Enchantment ." The Chronicle of the Oxford University C.S. Lewis Society 3, no. 2 (May 2006):4-10 [pdf].
• Simonson, Martin. " The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings: Similarities and Differences Between Two Children of the Great War ." E-F@Bulations (June 2008).
• Smietana, Bob. " C.S. Lewis Superstar: How a Reserved British Intellectual with a Checkered Pedigree Became a Rock Star for Evangelicals ." Christianity Today , Nov. 23, 2005.
• Townsend, James. " Grace and the Arts: C.S. Lewis's Theology ." Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society 13, 24 (Spring 2000).
• Wright, N.T. " Simply Lewis: Reflections on a Master Apologist after 60 Years ." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity (March 2007).

See large database of papers presented at Taylor University's C.S. Lewis Society Colloquium, including the following pages: Resources , Inklings Forever , vol 7 (2010), vol. 6 (2008), vol. 4 (2004).

See the "Into the Wardrobe" site's collection of academic papers .

See the C.S. Lewis Institute's Reflections Archive and Legacy Recordings (e-audio lectures)

C.S. Lewis: 20th Century Christian Knight (website with extensive links by Dave Armstrong)

See  Tyndale's eJournal Database  (note: for Tyndale students and faculty only); see both EBSCOhost  database and JSTOR . See also list of  Tyndale's academic ejournals  with full-text articles for download.

C.S. Lewis on the WWW

• The Centre for the Study of C.S. Lewis and Friends (Taylor University)
• The C.S. Lewis Institute
• The C.S. Lewis Society of California
• C.S. Lewis Foundation (Oxford)
• Lewisiana (Netherlands), with Bibliography of C.S. Lewis , and  Bibliography of C.S. Lewis's Essays, Short-Stories and Other Short Prose as published in collected edition, 1939-2002 (Lewisiana.nl)

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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 erudition which characterize Lewis's best critical writing.

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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Mere Christianity, Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classics, the Chronicles of Narnia. To date, the Narnia books have sold over 100 million copies and been transformed into three major motion pictures.

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