Collected Letters, Volume II

  • Year 2004
  • Type Letter
  • Genre biography
  • Tradition Anglican
  • Original language English

For For students and devoted readers of Lewis who want his letters complete and annotated; a reference work to consult, not read straight through.

Should I read this?

For the general reader
2 of 5 worth a look
For the researcher
5 of 5 essential
Difficulty
2 of 5 moderate

Volume two of Walter Hooper's annotated edition of Lewis's letters, through the years of his broadcast talks and the Second World War.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 2 of 5
  • Scriptural 2 of 5
  • Experiential 4 of 5
  • Sociological 2 of 5
  • Historical 4 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Volume two of the complete edition of Lewis's letters, edited and annotated by Walter Hooper and published by HarperCollins in London in 2004. The three volumes gather Lewis's surviving correspondence in chronological order with notes on the people and events named; this volume covers the letters through the years of his broadcast talks and the Second World War. It covers his most productive years as a Christian writer and his correspondence with friends, publishers and the readers his books and broadcasts brought him. The edition supersedes earlier selections such as Letters of C. S. Lewis (1966) and They Stand Together (1979).

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