Essential C S Lewis Author:C. S. Lewis, Lyle Dorsett (Editor) "In The Essential C.S. Lewis, Lyle Dorsett for the first time gathers together wide-ranging treasures from the whole of the Lewis corpus. In addition to selections from the author's theological pieces and autobiographical accounts, Dorsett also includes a sampling of letters that Lewis wrote, extracts from his literary/critical monographs and es... more »says, his poems, and a number of his other pieces. The complete texts of three books by Lewis are also reprinted here: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first of the Chronicles of Narnia; Perelandra, the critically acclaimed second installment of his "Ransom" science fiction trilogy; and the less widely known Abolition of Man on philosophy and education.
Contents: From Surprised by Joy -- From The letters of C.S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves -- The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe (complete) -- Perelandra (complete) -- From The Screwtape letters -- From Mere Christianity -- From Undeceptions -- From Christian reflections -- From The weight of glory and other addresses -- From The world's last night and other essays -- From Reflections on the Psalms -- From Letters to Malcolm, chiefly on prayer -- From Poems -- The abolition of man (complete) -- From They asked for a paper -- From The allegory of love -- From English literature in the sixteenth century excluding drama -- From Studies in words -- From Essays presented to Charles Williams -- From An experiment in criticism -- From Fifteen poets -- from Letters of C.S. Lewis -- From C.S. Lewis letters to children -- From Letters to an American lady.« less