C.S.Lewis : A Companion and Guide
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About this book
This is an exhaustive guide to the entire works of C. S. Lewis including the religious works the literary criticism the fiction and the childrens books. It contains a year by year chronology of events in his own life that of his forbears and of his books since. A more extended biographical section runs to a hundred pages. This is followed by a detailed portrait of each of his many books with background summary contemporary critical reactions and publication history. Next there is a Whos who of characters in Lewis life including his academic club The Inklings. Similar in style is the Whats what section featuring among other things the colleges in which he worked and his homes. Then comes a section on Lewis key ideas with encyclopaedia style entries pointing to various sections in the books. Finally there is a complete bibliography of texts both primary and secondary with publishing histories.
