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3 giorni fa · In 1956, Lewis married American writer Joy Davidman; she died of cancer four years later at the age of 45. Lewis died on 22 November 1963 from kidney failure, at age 64. In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of his death, Lewis was honoured with a memorial in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
3 giorni fa · Even more bizarrely, they were offended by the suggestion that he slept with his legal wife, Joy Davidman, even though he specifically, and achingly, misses this side of life in A Grief Observed. Minto’s daughter Maureen, who became a friend of mine, told me she was SO PLEASED that I had told the truth about her much-maligned mother.
1 giorno fa · He formed a deep friendship with Joy Davidman, an American writer, whom he married in 1956. Their relationship was the subject of the film “Shadowlands.” Joy’s battle with cancer and subsequent death in 1960 profoundly affected Lewis, inspiring his book “A Grief Observed,” which chronicles his mourning process.
5 giorni fa · By David. Recently I read C.S. Lewis's last novel 'Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold'. This book was written in 1956 and co-authored with his wife Joy Davidman. He considered this his most mature novel.
5 giorni fa · He lost his mother at the age of 10 to cancer, endured horror on the battlefields of WW1 in trench warfare that caused PTSD in him throughout his life. And finally, when he found his soulmate in the person of Joy Davidman—only to lose her after 4 years of marriage—it flung him into the depths of despair that took a while to recover from.
1 giorno fa · The book "C.S. Lewis in America: Readings and Receptions, 1935-1947" by Mark Noll explores how American scholars and critics received and reviewed C.S. Lewis's work. The author delves into the reception of Lewis's books by different religious and intellectual communities, shedding light on their responses and influence. Noll's work provides valuable insights for researchers and readers of ...
6 giorni fa · A Preface to Paradise Lost is one of C. S. Lewis 's most famous scholarly works. [1] The book had its genesis in Lewis's Ballard Matthews Lectures, [2] which he delivered at the University College of North Wales in 1941. [2] It discusses the epic poem Paradise Lost, by John Milton.
