They Asked for a Paper: Papers and Addresses is a collection of essays by C. S. Lewis. This collection of twelve essays by C. S. Lewis was published by Geoffrey Bles in 1962. It was Lewis' last book to be published in his lifetime, as he died on 22 November the following year.[1] The collection, not as coherent as some of the later collections, seems to include some of Lewis' thoughts on literary topics and people along with some of his thinking about the social sciences. One of the most important essays that appears in They Asked for a Paper is Lewis' inaugural address at the University of Cambridge, entitled "De Descriptione Temporum," Latin for "On a Description of the Times." The complete list of essays appearing in this work is the following: "De Descriptione Temporum" "Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem?" "The Inner Ring" "Is Theology Poetry?" "Kipling's World" "Lilies that Fester" "The Literary Impact of the Authorized Version" "On Obstinacy in Belief" "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism" "Sir Walter Scott" "Transposition" "The Weight of Glory"
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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]
