The C.S. Lewis Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to His Life, Thought , and Writings

by Colin Duriez

A comprehensive book about one of the foremost writers and thinkers on the twentieth century.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Biography, Christian, Cs Lewis, Literature, Christianity

240 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Colin Duriez is an English writer and scholar best known for his work on the Inklings, the literary circle that included C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams. Born in Derbyshire in 1947, he moved to Leicester in 1983 to work as a commissioning editor for the publisher IVP. Over the years he has combined editorial work with teaching, and in 2002 he established his own business, InWriting, in Keswick, Cumbria, providing writing and editorial services as well as book acquisition for publishers.
Winner of the Clyde S. Kilby Award in 1994 for his research on the Inklings, Duriez has been praised as one of the most valuable contemporary scholars on Lewis. His numerous books explore the lives, friendships, and imaginative worlds of Lewis and Tolkien, including Bedeviled: Lewis, Tolkien, and the Shadow of Evil, The Oxford Inklings, and Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship. His work has been lauded for accessibility, scholarly insight, and fresh perspectives.
Duriez has also appeared in television documentaries such as A Quest for Meaning – Myth, Imagination & Faith in the Literature of J. R. R. Tolkien & C. S. Lewis. He lives in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

Reviews

[Pat]

"A complete guide to his life, thought, and writings". Oh really? A reference book in the sense that it is only good to refer you back to the sources which it cites. Useful due to the encyclopedia format.

[Paul]

A father's Day gift from Renee. I began reading on June 17, 2012

[Ken Roebuck]

Great resource for all things Lewis.