There are four original illustrations from Prince Caspian by Pauline Baynes, illustrator for The Chronicles of Narnia stories, as well as several original handwritten notes and letters from C. The collection features a 9-page autograph manuscript of Lewis’s famous address in 1939 after the outbreak of World War II, now known as Learning in War-Time. Included are 60 first edition books, starting with Lewis’s first book, Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics. Wade Center collection at Wheaton College. Lewis collection is said to be one of the best in the USA, second only to the Marion E. His faith had a profound effect on his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim. Lewis made the journey from atheism to theism and then to Christian faith in his early 30’s. He is best known both for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. He held academic positions at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. Lewis (1898 - 1963) was a novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland. Lewis collection was put on display on March 22, 2013, right before Alister McGrath's lecture on Lewis.Ĭ. S.
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