James, St 236
James, Henry 158, 159
James, Rev. Canon Sydney Rhodes Seventy Years, 16n
men. 16, 18
James I, King xix Jason 28, 30
Jenkin, Alfred Kenneth Hamilton Cornish Miner, 61n
Cornish Seafarers, 61n
Story of Cornwall, 61n
men. 61, 62, 63, 105
Jenkins, Anne 323–4
Jensen, Hal 347–8
Jerome, St 142
Jerusalem 9, 335n
Jesuits see Order of Jesus Jesus Christ 9, 15, 31, 100, 103, 111, 113, 115–16, 129, 131, 133, 141, 165, 192, 193, 199, 201, 222, 227, 243, 245, 246, 253, 254, 257, 258, 262, 263–7, 276–7, 288, 294, 315, 323–4, 356, 358–9, 379, 397
Jesus College (Cambridge) 140, 421n
Joad, C.E.M. 238, 237, 274
Job 166
John, St Gospel, 87, 88, 89, 102, 103, 133, 141
Revelation, 14n, 190–1
John Paul II, Pope men. 293n, 297–8
Johns Hopkins University 176
Johnson, Laurence Bertrand 41
Johnson, Dr Samuel 83, 148, 158, 364
Jones, Dr Bob, Jr 295
Joseph, St 288
‘Joy’ (as intense longing) 6, 22, 61, 63, 72, 100, 111–12, 118, 125–7, 129, 330
Joyce, James Ulysses, 368
men. 83, 159
Jubinal, Achille 98
Judaism 414, 418
Judea 9
Jupiter 146, 185
Juvenal 83
Kamiros 395
Kant, Immanuel Critique of Pure Reason, 100n
Keats, John 3, 26, 64
Keble College (Oxford) 24n, 37–9, 166n, 376n, 406
Keir, Sir David Lindsay 74–5, 177
Kepler, Johann 186
Ker, Neil Ripley 92–3
Ker, W.P. Epic and Romance, 138
Ketley, Martin see Alec King Kilby, Clyde S. 234, 358–9
Kilmer, Hugh 296, 300
Kilns, The 78, 94–5, 99, 105, 112, 120, 121–2, 123, 133, 145, 177, 216–17, 224, 227, 235, 255, 291, 292, 296, 303, 316, 331, 333, 336, 337, 349, 360, 366, 373, 376, 379, 380, 386, 390, 397, 404, 405, 411, 413, 417, 419, 420, 426–7, 429–32
King, Alec (with Martin Ketley) The Control of Language 277–8
King Kong 134, 135
King’s Arms (Oxford) 173
King’s College (Cambridge) 37, 409
King’s College (London) 340n
Kingsmill, Hugh Matthew Arnold, 91
Kinter, William L. 211–12
Kipling, Rudyard ‘The Land,’ xx; Brushwood Boy, 308; ‘On the Gate,’ 310
Puck of Pook’s Hill, xx; Stalky & Co., 162, 321
men. 106, 158, 347, 368, 369
Kircher, Athanasius Iter Celestre, 186
Mundus Subterraneus, 322
Kirkpatrick, William T. (‘The Great Knock’) xviii, 17, 22, 23–4, 28, 30, 51, 85n, 153, 159, 282, 306, 326
Knight, Gerald H. 389
Knossos 372, 395–6
Knowles, David 341
Kolbítar (Icelandic Society) 82, 88–9, 93, 161
Krafft-Ebing, Richard von 388
Laclos, Choderlos de Liasons Dangereuses, 432
Lady Margaret Hall (Oxford) 63n, 80, 274, 379n
Ladborough, Richard William ‘In Cambridge’, 363–5, 369–70, 390, 412, 432
men. 363, 415
Lamb, Charles Essays of Elia, 26
Lamb and Flag, The (Oxford) 178, 417, 427, 432–3
Lambeth Palace 389, 390, 412
Lancing College 155n
Lang, Andrew Chronicles of Pantouflia, 311
History of English Literature, 26, 30–1
Myth, Ritual and Religion, 31; (with S.H.Butcher) Odyssey, 371; (with Rider Haggard) World’s Desire, 357
men., 159, 305, 322, 328, 372
Lapley Grange School 398
Last Judgement, The 324
Launcelot, Sir 371
Lawlor, John James C.S.Lewis Memories and Reflections, 139, 151, 152; (ed) Patterns of Love and Courtesy, 139n
Piers Plowman, 139n
Tragic Sense in Shakespeare, 139n
men. 139, 151
Lawrence, Brother Practice of the Presence of God, 113
Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley’s Lover, 421
Sons and Lovers, 368
men. 158, 159, 260
Lawson, Frederick Henry 74–5, 101–2
Laxdale Saga 88–9
Lazarus 429
Lean, Edward Tangye Of Unsound Mind, 162n
Storm in Oxford, 162n
Voices in the Darkness, 162n
men. 162, 163
Leavis, F.R. 141, 148, 366, 371, 408–10
Legal Fiction 261, 262–4
Leslie, Dr Richard Whytock 12
Lewis, Albert James (father of CSL, 1863–1929) birth, xviii at Lurgan College, xviii; law clerk, xviii–xix
speaking ability, xviii; law practice, xix
and Hamilton family, xxi; marriage, xxii; politics, 5
description, 6
Flora’s death, 7
his emotions, 7– 8
and Wynyard School, 10
and vaudeville, 10
sends Jack to Campbell College, 11
to Cherbourg School, 12, 16
Mr Kirkpatrick’s solicitor, 17
to send Jack to Mr Kirkpatrick, 19, his character, 21– 2
told of Jack’s abilities, 28
Jack’s confirmation, 31
Jack joins army, 37
Jack urges him to visit, 40
tries to get him transferred, 41
Jack begs for visit, 46
fails to visit, 46
commiserates with Mrs Moore, 46– 7
Jack comes home, 49
and son’s involvement with Mrs Moore, 52
quarrel with Jack, 53
lied to, 55
finances Jack’s reading of English school, 58– 9
Jack visits, 61– 2
Christmas visit from Jack, 64
offers to finance him another three years, 70– 1
Jack elected Fellow of Magdalen, 76
his generosity towards, 76– 7
last Christmas with sons, 85
health causes anxiety, 88
visit from Jack, 89
lumbago and sciatica, 90
seriously ill, 91
death, 92
Jack’s shame over, 101– 2
collection of family papers, 118
on Joseph Greeves, 119
men. 30, 38–9, 50–2, 54, 56, 58, 66, 75, 103, 134, 145, 150, 174
Lewis, Clive Staples (1898–1963) xvii–xxii; birth, xxii, 1
brother, 1
holiday with mother, 1; ‘Archpiggiebotham’ and ‘Smallpiggiebotham,’ 2
move to Little Lea, 2
loves Co. Down, 2
renamed ‘Jack’, 3
Boxen stories, 4– 5
experiences ‘Joy’, 6
mother’s death, 7– 8
Wynyard School, 8– 10
Campbell College, 11
Cherbourg School, 12
becomes unbeliever, 12
Pogo’s influence, 13
Wagner and return of Joy, 14– 15
and gramophone, 14
to Malvern College, 16– 21
difficulty with father, 21– 22
writes ‘Loki Bound’, 22
meets Arthur Greeves, 22– 3
goes to Mr Kirkpatrick, 23–9, 30– 1
discovers Phantastes, 27
Mr Kirkpatrick on, 28
to serve in war, 29
scholarship to University College, 29
his atheism, 31
matriculates at Oxford, 36
joins Officers’ Training Corps, 36
Paddy Moore and family, 37– 8
promise to Paddy, 39
infatuation for Mrs Moore, 40
in Somerset Light Infantry, 40
arrives in France, 40
&nb
sp; hospital, 41
loves Mrs Moore, 41
Battle of Hazebrouck, 42– 3
wounded, 43– 4
his wounds, 44
hospital in London, 44– 5
relationship with Mrs Moore, 45
Spirits in Bondage published, 48
home for Christmas, 49
return to University College, 49
begins Classical Honour Moderations, 50
Martlets, 50– 1
father on affair with Mrs Moore, 52
quarrels with father, 53
dislike of coteries, 54
joint-life with Moores, 55– 7
First in Classical Moderations, 57
First in Literae Humaniores, 57
wins Chancellor’s English Essay Prize, 57
meets W.B.Yeats, 57– 8
advised to read English, 58– 9
writing Dymer, 59– 60
on A.K. Hamilton Jenkin, 61
friendship of Owen Barfield and A.C.Harwood, 61
whiff of ‘Joy’, 61; ‘family’ moves to ‘Hillsboro’, 61
begins English School, 62– 3
First in English, 66; ‘Domestic drudgery,’ 69
depression, 70
advertises for pupils, 71
applies for Fellowship, 71
disappointments, 72
temporary post at University College, 73
first lecture, 73– 4
elected Fellow of Magdalen College, 76
on exchanging Philosophy for English, 76
thanks father for generosity, 76– 7
holiday on Exmoor, 77
college rooms, 77– 8
first lecture in English School, 80
women pupils, 80–1l meets J.R.R. Tolkien, 81– 2
dislikes poetry of T.S.Eliot, 83– 4
favourite contemporary poets, 84
Dymer published, 84– 5
last Christmas at home, 85; spiritual worries, 85– 6
tutors John Betjeman, 86– 7
visits father, 88
attempts modern novel, 89
life during term–time, 89
Christmas 1929 with father, 90
father ill, 91
father’s death, 92
interest in Christianity, 93
portrait of Arthur Greeves, 93
destroys Boxen toys, 93
buys Kilns, 94– 5
shame over father, 101
conversion to Theism, 102– 3
attending church, 103
self–examination, 104– 5
Pride his besetting sin, 105
William Morris in new light, 106– 7
on chastity, 107
a Christian perspective, 108
poetic ambition given up, 108– 9
religious poems, 109– 10
early version of Surprised by Joy, 111
Warnie returns to Faith, 112
his ‘expository demon’, 112
conversion to Christianity, 115
Tolkien and Dyson influenced conversion, 115– 16
rereads letters to Greeves, 118– 19
on Puritanism, 119– 20
and Fred Paxford, 121–2; ‘Beer and Beowulf’ evenings, 123
and bawdy stories, 123– 4
and ‘Personal Heresy’, 124– 5
tries to tell story of ‘Joy’, 125– 7
writes Pilgrim’s Regress, 127– 33
visits Scotland, 134
walking tour with Warnie, 135
reads Place of the Lion, 136–7
Allegory of Love published, 138– 9
on conflict between Objective and Subjective, 140– 1
as lecturer, 145– 7
as tutor, 148– 52
his manner, 152– 3
with colleagues, 154– 6
and English syllabus, 157
and 19th century literature, 159– 60
and Ruth Pitter, 160n; ‘Portico,’ 161– 1
the Inklings, 161– 79
first ‘biography,’ 169– 70
meets Roy Campbell, 170– 1
death of Charles Williams, 171– 2
T.S.Eliot’s poems, 175
end of Thursday Inkling meetings, 177
as literary critic, 182– 3
inspiration behind science fiction, 184– 91
development of Christian doctrine, 189– 91
his ‘Supposal,’ 190
writes Perelandra, 199– 203
on interplanetary travel, 203– 4
writes That Hideous Strength, 204– 11
influence of Williams on That Hideous Strength, 205
and British Interplanetary Society, 210– 11
his space trilogy, 211– 12
his short stories, 212– 13
Warnie recalled to active duty, 216– 17
influence of Charles Williams, 218
preaches at St Mary the Virgin, 218–19; ‘discovered’ by Ashley Sampson, 220
a ‘dogmatic Christian,’ 221
and Problem of Pain, 221– 24
Williams’s Milton lectures, 224– 6
idea for Screwtape Letters, 227– 8
on writing Screwtape, 229– 33
Mrs Moore on his Faith, 233– 4
first Confession, 235–6
Screwtape royalties given away, 236
success of Screwtape Letters, 237
his ‘Agape Fund,’ 237
invited to talk over BBC, 240– 1
talks to RAF, 242– 4
preaches ‘Weight of Glory,’ 244– 6
defines ‘Mere Christianity,’ 246– 7
BBC talks on ‘Right and Wrong,’ 247– 8
more talks to RAF, 250– 2
BBC talks on ‘What Christians Believe,’ 252– 5
Christ ‘either God or a good man,’ 254
BBC talks on ‘Christian Behaviour,’ 255– 9
and ‘Repellent Doctrines,’ 256
first talk on ‘Miracles,’ 259
and E.R.Eddison, 260– 1
misogynist on ‘theoretical level,’ 261
on democracy, 261– 2
on equality, 261– 2
ordination of women and legal fiction, 262– 5
fourth series of BBC talks, 264– 8
and ‘originality,’ 268
and Socratic Club, 271–7
Abolition of Man, 276–80
The Great Divorce, 281– 3
meets T.S.Eliot, 284
made DD by St Andrews, 285– 6
interviewed by Ashley Sampson, 286– 7
writes Miracles, 287– 9
debate with G.E.M. Anscombe, 289– 90
problems with Mrs Moore, 291– 2
problems with Warnie, 292– 3
on cover of Time, 293
corresponds with Don Calabria, 293– 4
accepted by Protestants and Catholics, 295
his pastoral letters, 296
generosity to beggars, 296
his encouragement, 297
Pope John Paul II on, 297– 8
on children’s stories, 301– 3
early attempts at fairy tale, 303
writes Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, 304– 8
writes Prince Caspian, 309
Pauline Baynes as illustrator, 309
writes Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’, 310
writes Silver Chair, 310– 11
writes Horse and His Boy, 311– 12
writes Magician’s Nephew, 313– 14
and Last Battle, 314
reasons for writing Chronicles, 314– 15
order of Narnian books, 320
literary inspiration, 320– 2
creates new mythology, 322– 3
Free Will in Narnia, 324
and Plato’s Shadowlands, 325
Narnias read on two levels, 325
wrote to please himself, 325– 6
defines Civilisation, 326
critical reception of Narnian stories, 326– 8
; amongst great writers for children, 328
fan letter from Joy Davidman, 330; very ill, 330– 1
touch of Old Age, 331– 2
Mrs Moore to nursing home, 332
his health improves, 332
holiday with Green, 332– 3
stalked by Kitty Martin, 333
meets Joy Davidman, 336
invites her to Kilns, 336
holiday in Ireland, 337– 8
visit from Joy, 338
and English syllabus, 339
urged to apply for Chair in Cambridge, 340– 1
turns down Chair, 341– 2
accepts Cambridge Chair, 343– 5
Oxford offers Chair, 345
is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Cambridge, 345
Fellow of Magdalene College, 345
publishes O Hell! volume, 346
Cambridge Inaugural lecture, 350– 1
residence in Magdalene, 351
writes Till We Have Faces, 351– 9
begins After Ten Years, 356– 7
reception of Till We Have Faces, 358
replies to interpretations, 358– 9
likes Magdalene, 363– 5
meets Billy Graham, 365
F.R.Leavis as colleague, 366
happy years at Magdalene, 368– 70
Cambridge walks, 370
modern translations of Classics, 371– 3
marries Joy in registry office, 373– 5
she has cancer, 375– 6
she wants Christian marriage, 376– 7
more trouble with Kitty Martin, 377– 8
his Christian marriage, 379
Joy moves to Kilns and cancer is arrested, 380
his pity led to Eros, 380– 1
does not tell Tolkien about marriage, 381
their disagreement on marriage, 382
worries about Warnie, 383– 4
Joy’s pains in his body, 384– 5
honeymoon in Ireland, 485– 6
his happiness, 386
records talks on Four Loves, 387– 9
on Commission to Revise Psalter, 389– 90
likes T.S.Eliot, 390
as Family Man, 390
plans trip to Greece, 390
supervises Francis Warner, 391
Joy’s cancer returns, 392
in Greece, 393– 7
Joy’s last days, 398
her death, 399
his epitaph for her, 400
meets Donald Swann, 403
meets Bill Gresham, 404
writes A Grief Observed, 405– 6
his ‘Five Sonnets’; kindness of friends, 406– 7
and ‘Whole Screwtape’, 407– 8
tussle with Leavisites, 408– 10
publishes Studies in Words, 411
prostate and kidney problems, 413
education of stepsons, 414
Experiment in Criticism published, 415– 17
too ill to teach, 417– 18
returns to Cambridge, 418
sits for portrait, 421
and Honest to God, 421– 3
his Letters to Malcolm, 423– 6
has heart attack, 428
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