Bibliograph

Becoming C.S. Lewis, a biography of young Jack Lewis (1898-1918), Harry Lee Poe

Type

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Becoming C.S. Lewis, a biography of young Jack Lewis (1898-1918), Harry Lee Poe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-298) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Becoming C.S. Lewis

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1089884197

Responsibility statement

Harry Lee Poe

Sub title

a biography of young Jack Lewis (1898-1918)

Summary

Slowing down to focus on his younger years, this detailed portrait of "Jack" Lewis helps us discover seeds of what would inform his later writings--such as his delight in literature, his key relationships, his suffering and struggles, and his intense pursuit of joy

Table Of Contents

Young Jack Lewis at Wynyard School: 1908-1910 -- Off to Malvern: 1910-1914 -- Making a friend: spring 1914 -- Jack and the war come to Great Bookham: fall 1914 -- Reading for Kirkpatrick and for pleasure: 1914 -- War and romance: 1915 -- A conflicted soul: 1916 -- Oxford and the Army: 1917-1918 -- The end of youth

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