Charles Williams (1) (1886–1945)
Author of Descent into Hell: A Novel
For other authors named Charles Williams, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Charles Williams (1886-1945) joined, in 1908, the staff of the Oxford University Press, the publishing house in which he worked for the rest of his life. Throughout these years, poetry, novels, plays, biographies, history, literary criticism, and theology poured from his pen. At the beginning of show more the Second World War the publishing house was evacuated to Oxford where, in addition to his own writing and his editorial work for the Press, he taught in the University. show less
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Series
Works by Charles Williams
The Arthurian Poems of Charles Williams: Taliessin Through Logres & The Region of the Summer Stars (1991) 56 copies
Charles Williams Omnibus - War in Heaven, Many Dimensions, the Place of the Lion, Shadows of Ecstasy, the Greater… (2012) 13 copies
The passion of Christ : being the gospel and narrative of the passion with short passages taken from the saints and… (1939) 6 copies
To Michal from Serge: Letters from Charles Williams to His Wife, Florence, 1939-1945 (2002) 6 copies
Flecker of Dean Close 2 copies
The way of exchange 1 copy
Associated Works
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 114 copies
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition (2006) — Contributor — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Williams, Charles
- Legal name
- Williams, Charles Walter Stansby
- Birthdate
- 1886-09-20
- Date of death
- 1945-05-15
- Burial location
- Holywell cemetery, Oxford, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Education
- St Albans Grammar School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK
- Occupations
- editor
playwright
novelist
literary critic
poet - Relationships
- Conway, Florence (wife)
Williams, Michael (son)
Lewis, C. S. (friend)
Wall, J. Charles (uncle) - Organizations
- Inklings
Fellowship of the Rosy Cross
Oxford University Press
Companions of the Co-Inherence - Awards and honors
- Honorary MA (University of Oxford)
Members
Discussions
The Place of the Lion - Charles Williams Group Read in Inklings (May 2021)
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Lists
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 71
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 6,112
- Popularity
- #4,030
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 99
- ISBNs
- 489
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 48