Spenser's Images of Life

by C. S. Lewis, Alastair Fowler (With)

Overview

This book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. It is Lewis's longest piece of literary criticism, as distinct from literary history. It approaches The Faerie Queene as a majestic pageant of the universe and nature, celebrating God as 'the glad creator', and argues that conventional views of epic and allegory must be modified if the poem is to be fully enjoyed and understood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107691131
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/07/2013
Series:	Canto Classics
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, theologian, broadcaster, and lecturer. He is best known for his fictional works, including The Screwtape Letters, The Space Trilogy, and The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the second book in the seven-book Narnia series, often tops must-read lists of classic children's literature; the series has been adapted for film, radio, TV, and the stage.

Date of Birth:

November 29, 1898

Date of Death:

November 22, 1963

Place of Birth:

Belfast, Nothern Ireland

Place of Death:

Headington, England

Education:

Oxford University 1917-1923; Elected fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1925

Website:

http://www.cslewisclassics.com

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The false Cupid; 2. Antitypes to the false Cupid; 3. Belphoebe, Amoret and the Garden of Adonis; 4. The image of evil; 5. Mutability; 6. The image of good; 7. Britomart's dream; 8. Faceless knights; 9. The misery of Florimell; 10. The story of Arthur; Index; Plates.