Knowra C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was a British writer and Oxford and Cambridge scholar whose work ranged from medieval literature and literary criticism to fiction and Christian apologetics.
Oxford University : A university in Oxford, England, where Lewis taught English literature for nearly three decades. Lewis’s Oxford post and literary friendships shaped his academic career and early Christian writing.
The Chronicles of Narnia : A seven-book fantasy series by C. S. Lewis, beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The series is Lewis’s best-known work of children’s fantasy.
Belfast : The capital city of Northern Ireland, where Lewis was born in 1898. Lewis’s childhood in Belfast preceded his education in England and his later academic career.
Charles Williams : An English novelist, poet, and theologian who belonged to the Inklings. Williams shared Lewis’s Oxford literary circle but developed a distinct style of theological fiction.
Cambridge University : A collegiate research university in Cambridge, England, where Lewis held a chair in medieval and Renaissance literature. Lewis became Cambridge’s first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature in 1954.
Mere Christianity : A book by C. S. Lewis presenting arguments for core Christian beliefs shared across denominations. It gathers Lewis’s wartime radio talks into his most widely read work of Christian apologetics.
World War I : A global war fought from 1914 to 1918, chiefly between the Allied and Central Powers. Lewis served in the British Army and was wounded in France in 1918.
George MacDonald : A nineteenth-century Scottish novelist and poet whose imaginative writing influenced later fantasy authors. Lewis admired MacDonald’s Christian imagination and introduced him to new readers in an anthology.
J. R. R. Tolkien : An English writer and scholar best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s friendship and arguments about myth and Christianity influenced Lewis’s conversion and fiction.
The Screwtape Letters : A satirical novel by C. S. Lewis presented as letters from a senior demon to a junior tempter. Its comic demonic correspondence turns Lewis’s moral and religious ideas into fiction.
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