THE LITERACY LEGACY OF C. S. LEWIS. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1979]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xi [xii] [1-2] 3-269 [270-276: blank] [note: last three leaves are blanks], cloth-backed boards. First edition. The first book-length critical study of Lewis as a writer. Following a discussion of the historical and intellectual influences that shaped Lewis's sensibility, Walsh examines The Screwtape Letters, the book that established his popularity in the U.S. He then discusses Lewis's poetry, visionary fiction, the Ransom trilogy, the Chronicles of Narnia, Till We Have Faces, his criticism, and his religious-philosophical writing. "A fine introduction to Lewis's life and thought." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 9-79. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#40074).
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