On Stories

C. S. Lewis

• Editorial: HarperOne
• Año: 2017
• ISBN:
  9780062565563
• Categoría: Theology & Religion
• Categoría: Literature & the Arts in Christianity

A repackaged edition of the revered author's collection of essays on writing fiction.

C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—was a professor of literature at Oxford University, where he was known for his insightful and often witty presentations on the nature of stories. This collection assembles nine essays that encapsulate his ideas about fiction, including "On Stories, " "The Death of Words, " and "On Three Ways of Writing for Children, " as well as eleven pieces that were unpublished during his lifetime.

CONTENTS

1. DEDICATION
3. PREFACE
4. I. ON STORIES
5. II. THE NOVELS OF CHARLES WILLIAMS
6. III. A TRIBUTE TO E. R. EDDISON
7. IV. ON THREE WAYS OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN
8. V. SOMETIMES FAIRY STORIES MAY SAY BEST WHAT’S TO BE SAID
9. VI. ON JUVENILE TASTES
10. VII. IT ALL BEGAN WITH A PICTURE . . .
11. VIII. ON SCIENCE FICTION
12. IX. A REPLY TO PROFESSOR HALDANE
13. X. THE HOBBIT
14. XI. TOLKIEN’S THE LORD OF THE RINGS
15. XII. A PANEGYRIC FOR DOROTHY L. SAYERS
16. XIII. THE MYTHOPOEIC GIFT OF RIDER HAGGARD
17. XIV. GEORGE ORWELL
18. XV. THE DEATH OF WORDS
19. XVI. THE PARTHENON AND THE OPTATIVE
20. XVII. PERIOD CRITICISM
21. XVIII. DIFFERENT TAS...