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    Narrative Poems

    By C. S. Lewis

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    A repackaged edition of the revered author’s collection of four poems: "Dymer," "Launcelot," "The Nameless Isle," and "The Queen of Drum."

    C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—was also a talented poet. In this collection of four longer works of verse, Lewis displays his deep love for medieval and Renaissance poetry and themes, influences that shaped—and resonate through—his fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 14, 2017
    ISBN9780062565532
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    C. S. Lewis

    Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954 when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement.

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    • 4/5
      This is an interesting perspective for an Lewis fan. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see all sides of this author. Most people read his stories and/or his Christian prose, but few touch on his academic or poetical works. Much of Lewis thoughts and stories were formed by his love of poetry. It is worth reading his own poetical works to better understand why he thought what he did.
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      I personally prefer Lewis's later lyrics to these ambitious early narratives, but they meant a lot to him in his youth.
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      Lewis says: Avoid Cheap Editions!In 1953, when an American lady wrote to C.S. Lewis about acquiring British first editions of _The Screwtape Letters_ and _The Great Divorce_, he advised her against doing so, on the grounds that they were "scrubby little things on rotten paper". (See _Collected Letters_, vol. 3, p. 282.) The package that arrived from Amazon today proves that Lewis's work is still occasionally being published in scrubby little editions: _Narrative Poems_ has gone print-on-demand. Ugh! The cheap-looking copy with muddied text that was sent to me was printed in Lexington, Kentucky (site of Amazon's distribution center) this month. (See the "product images" section of this page for a comparison between the magnified images of the same letter "e" in the original edition and this print-on-demand edition.)Even though this is one of only 3 or 4 books by Lewis I haven't read yet, I wouldn't have bought it if I had known it would look like this. The only poem in the book that Lewis had published while he was alive is "Dymer", which will be out of copyright before too long. If, like Lewis, you care about quality printing, I suggest you wait to read "Dymer" till then. Don't support Amazon and Harcourt's unholy alliance to foist inferior editions on the reading public.