As a scholar, he specialized in medieval and Renaissance literature. He returned to Oxford, earned his degrees, and was elected a fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College. His studies in classical literature were interrupted by service in World War I, where he was wounded. But McGrath's Christian background informs his careful readings of Lewis' works - apologetics, fiction and scholarship.īorn in Belfast, Lewis fell in love with Scandinavian myths and sagas as a teen. While this biography is published by Christian-oriented Tyndale House it's a thoughtful, nuanced, lucid literary biography that could be read by people of any or no faith. McGrath is an Anglican priest and a professor of theology at King's College London. Tolkien to finish writing "The Hobbit" and move on to "The Lord of the Rings." That alone would earn Lewis an eternal pint of Barliman's Best. To the tip the scales even further, Lewis' friendship and encouragement persuaded J.R.R. The writer disliked denominational squabbling and literary theory he stood in favor of animals, alcohol and reading old books. Nonetheless, in a new biography of the writer and scholar, Alister McGrath quickly piles up good reasons for a reader to like Lewis. Lewis (1898-1963), the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia," "Mere Christianity" and "The Screwtape Letters," was far from a perfect human being, and, Christian that he was, would have been the first to admit it.
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