This entertaining and learned volume contains book reviews, lectures, and hard to find articles from the late C. S. Lewis, whose constant aim was to show the twentieth-century reader how to read and understand old books and manuscripts. Highlighting works by Spenser, Dante, Malory, Tasso, and Milton, Lewis provides a refreshing update to medieval and Renaissance criticism, and equips modern readers to understand these works in a new way.

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Language-in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings-is a perennially fascinating topic. C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analyzing their functions. It doubles as an absorbing and entertaining study of verbal communication, its pleasures and problems. The issues revealed are essential to all who read and communicate thoughtfully, and are handled here by a masterful exponent and analyst of the English language.

Studies in Words

An ebook compilation of inspirational writings, featuring seven classic works in one high quality, fully searchable edition:

 The compilation includes:

 'Mere Christianity''The Screwtape Letters''Surprised by Joy''The Four Loves''The Problem of Pain''The Great Divorce''Miracles'

 C. S. Lewis's works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year, appealing to those seeking wisdom and calm in a hectic and ever-changing world. Each volume is written with the lucidity, warmth and wit that has made Lewis revered as a writer the world over.

 From 'The Problem of Pain' - a wise and compassionate exploration of suffering - to the darkly satirical 'The Screwtape Letters', Lewis is unrivalled in his ability to disentangle the questions of life. His writings offer hope, wisdom and a true understanding of human nature.

The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics

Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full colour on a full colour ebook device, and in rich black and white on all other devices.

 Narnia. where animals talk. where trees walk. where a battle is about to begin.

 A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honour between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire world.

 Prince Caspian is the fourth book in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, a series that has become part of the canon of classic literature, drawing readers of all ages into a magical land with unforgettable characters for over fifty years. This is a stand-alone novel, but if you would like to see more of Lucy and Edmund's adventures, read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the fifth book in The Chronicles of Narnia.

Prince Caspian

C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer. English Literature in the Sixteenth Century is an invigorating overview of English literature from the Norman Conquest through the mid-seventeenth century from one of the greatest public intellectuals of the modern age. In this wise, distinctive collection, C. S. Lewis expounds on the profound impact prose and poetry had on both British intellectual life and his own critical thinking and writing, demonstrated in his deep reflections and essays. This incisive work is essential for any serious literature scholar, intellectual Anglophile, or C. S. Lewis fan.

English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

An enhanced, illustrated e-book with interactive, pop-ups and animation lets you experience The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as never before with exciting additional features.

 From the seed of a silver apple came the Tree. From the Tree came the WardrobeThrough the wardrobe came the four children. To the children came an astonishing, magical adventure. And by that magic came seven wonderful stories, including that of the amazing voyage of a ship called the Dawn Treader .

 In this fifth book in the Chronicles of Narnia series, Edmund, Lucy and their incorrigible cousin Eustace are pulled through a painting on the wall and find themselves swimming in the Great Eastern Ocean. They are pulled aboard the Dawn Treader. which King Caspian has built for his voyage to find the seven lost lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he seized the throne. The journey takes them to the Eastern Islands, beyond the Silver Sea, to adventures great and small and toward Aslan's country at the very End of the World.

 In this enhanced e-book fans of Narnia can:" test their Narnia knowledge with 18 illustrated interactive quiz questions" follow the journey of the Dawn Treader through a gorgeous animated time line created just for this edition" enjoy a full color map of Narnia" view the blueprint of the Dawn Treader, with details of all the ship's special features" meet all the characters of Narnia - the humans and creatures - each with their own description and color illustration" read about the author, with an extended, exclusive bio of Clive Staples Lewis

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Allegory of Love is a study in medieval tradition-the rise of both the sentiment called "Courtly Love" and of the allegorical method-from eleventh-century Languedoc through sixteenth-century England. C. S. Lewis devotes considerable attention to The Romance of the Rose and The Faerie Queene, and to such poets as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, and Thomas Usk.

The Allegory of Love

The lost tales of 'Animal-land', written and illustrated by C. S. Lewis and his brother Warnie, which they developed into the chronicles of the kingdom of Boxen, newly published to mark the centenary of the first story.

 Half a century before the publication of The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis created another imaginary world. The tales of 'Animal-land' which eight-year-old Jack (as his family knew him) had shared with his brother Warnie developed into the chronicles of the kingdom of Boxen. In a succession of stories over the next few years, the young Lewis explored its history, geography and the colourful exploits of its inhabitants in vivid detail, writing the last of the papers, his Encyclopedia Boxoniana, in April 1928.

 This landmark edition marks the centenary of the very first Boxen manuscript. Here are all the stories, some never before seen, sensitively edited and arranged to make the most of the fabulous and inventive fantasy while retaining all the vigour of a child's imaginative writing. Lavishly and charmingly illustrated by the author, and published for the very first time in colour, together with facsimile pages from the original notebooks, this book will provide a unique insight into one of the most extraordinary minds of our age. For every reader who has been captivated by the magic of Narnia, Boxen will open a window on to another enchanted land.

Boxen - Childhood Chronicles Before Narnia

A Pocket Guide to GoodnessFew writers have inspired more readers than author C. S. Lewis -- both through the enchanting volumes of his children's series and through his captivating adult classics such as Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, and numerous others. Drawn from many works, this volume collects dictionary-like entries of Lewis's keenest observations and best advice on how to live a truly good life. From ambition to charity, despair to duty, hope to humility, Lewis delivers clear, illuminating definitions to live by.

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

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