Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics (Harvest/Hbj Book) - Softcover

Lewis, C. S.; Hooper, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156847485 ISBN 13: 9780156847483

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1984

Synopsis

It is Will that creates the world, even though the world itself is a malignant thing which inveigles us into reproducing and perpetuating life. The way to terminate this malignancy is by asceticism. from the preface In 1919, when C.S. Lewis was only twenty, just a few months returned from the Great War, his first collection of poetry was published, presaging the author s brilliant career. At the time, Lewis was in the midst of his agnostic phase, yet to become the great Christian philosopher of his later life. As such, the poems all revolve around the theme of nature as a malevolent force, with beauty as the only divine truth. This volume includes a preface by Walter Hooper, which illuminates Lewis s formative influences, drawing from his letters, diaries, and other works to provide a record of the early part of the great writer s life. "[Lewis s] writing is like the easy talk of a good conversationalist and he challenges many deeply set convictions without raising his voice." St. Louis Post Dispatch "

About this title

About the Author:

C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis (1898-1963), one of the great writers of the twentieth century, alsocontinues to be one of our most influential Christian thinkers. A Fellow and tutor at Oxford until 1954, he spent the rest of his career as Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge. He wrote more than thirty books, both popular and scholarly, inlcudingThe Chronicles of Narnia series, The Screwtape Letters, The Four Loves, Mere Christianity and Surprised by Joy.

Synopsis:

Gathers forty of Lewis' early lyric poems which deal with the author's war experiences and, then agnostic, beliefs.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0156847485
• ISBN 13: 9780156847483
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80