C.S. Lewis: A Biography

Roger Lancelyn Green, Walter Hooper

Harcourt Brace, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 320 pages

C.S. Lewis, a man of varying talents, is remembered for his radio broadcasts and books reaching millions worldwide. This revised biography, created with full access to family papers and personal documents, is written by two men who knew Lewis well. An immensely readable record of Lewis's personal and intellectual life, it includes new information and photographs.

Contents

• PROLOGUE ANCESTRY: 13
• EARLY DAYS: 19
• OXFORD THE WAR AND AFTER: 50

About the author

Roger Lancelyn Green was born in England in 1918, where his family has lived for more than 900 years. He was often sick as a child and spent long periods confined to his room devouring Greek myths, medieval romances, and fairy tales. Green began a lifelong fascination with Greece and Greek culture when he first visited that country in 1935. He went on to compile and retell many Greek stories, including "Old Greek Fairy Tales," and "Jason and the Golden Fleece." Green also wrote his own stories, but he is better known for his retellings of folk tales from around the world. Roger Lancelyn Green died in 1987 Walter Hooper is a contributor for the following Houghton Mifflin Company Title: C. S. Lewis

Bibliographic information

• Title: C.S. Lewis: A Biography; A Harvest book ; HB 331; Volume 331 of Harvest book
• Authors: Roger Lancelyn Green, Walter Hooper
• Editor: Walter Hooper
• Contributor: Walter Hooper
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace, 1994
• ISBN: 0156232057, 9780156232050
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh