This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote extensively on Christian theology and the defense of faith but also on ethical issues and the nature of literature and storytelling. Within these pages is a treasure trove of Lewis' reflections on diverse topics. It is read by Ralph Cosham. This volume includes:
- "The Hobbit"
- "Period Criticism"
- "On Stories"
- "On Three Ways of Writing for Children"
- "Prudery and Philology"
- "Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings"
- "Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said"
- "It All Began with a Picture…"
- "Unreal Estates"
- "On Criticism"
- "Cross-Examination"
- "A Tribute to E. R. Eddison"
- "The Mythopoeic Gift of Rider Haggard"
- "George Orwell"
- "A Panegyric for Dorothy L. Sayers"
- "The Novels of Charles Williams"
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Clive Staples Lewis 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. He was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature 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. Lewis was married to poet Joy Davidman. W.H. Lewis was his elder brother]
