![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His major contributions in literary criticism, children's literature, fantasy literature and popular theology brought him international renown and acclaim. When she died of cancer, he found himself alone, inconsolable in his grief. ![]() 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. Lewis had been married to his wife for four blissful years. Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day. He grapples with a crisis of religious faith, navigating hope, rage, despair, and love - but eventually regains his bearings, finding his way back to life.Ī luminous modern classic, A Grief Observed has offered solace to countless readers for decades.Ĭ. In this intimate journal, he chronicles the aftermath of the bereavement and mourning with blazing honesty. He once wrote, I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. When she died of cancer, he found himself alone, inconsolable in his grief. Or chronicled in a haunting book, A Grief Observed, how it felt to lose a spouse, where he observed that No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. Lewis had been married to his wife for four blissful years. No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.Ĭ.S. ![]()
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