C. S. Lewis (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) (2006)

by Harold Bloom

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Scholar, poet, Christian apologist, fiction writer, and essayist, C.S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his series of children's fantasies, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". Lewis served as 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. During the course of his career, Lewis published more than 40 books - many of which continue to attract attention and scholarship today. Bringing together a selection of the best criticism available, ""C.S. Lewis"" breaks down the intricacies of Lewis' work and analyzes the ideas presented in clear, accessible language.… (more)

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My introduction acknowledges C.S. Lewis's eminence as a scholar-critic of Renaissance literature, while expressing a certain resistance to his dogmatic lay theology and his allegorical fantasy-fictions.

HAROLD BLOOM
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C.S. Lewis was the most dogmatic and aggressive person I have ever met.

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Scholar, poet, Christian apologist, fiction writer, and essayist, C.S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his series of children's fantasies, ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". Lewis served as 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. During the course of his career, Lewis published more than 40 books - many of which continue to attract attention and scholarship today. Bringing together a selection of the best criticism available, ""C.S. Lewis"" breaks down the intricacies of Lewis' work and analyzes the ideas presented in clear, accessible language.

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