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The Personal Heresy

By C. S. Lewis, E.M.W. Tillyard

Description

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s set of dueling critical essays with fellow scholar E. M. W. Tillyard in which they debate the role of an author’s biography in the critical appraisal of literature.

C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—challenges fellow scholar E. M. W. Tillyard on one of the most intriguing questions involving writers and writing. Is a work of imaginative literature primarily influenced by the author or by the subject matter?

Lewis argues that the author’s own personality and biography has little to no impact on the writing, while Tillyard contends the opposite: that the author’s own imagination and story have an indelible influence on a piece of work. Clever, erudite, and enlightening, their debate may not definitively settle the issue, but it does offer invaluable insight and intellectual delight for all dedicated readers.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780062565587

ISBN10: 0062565583

Imprint: HarperOne

On Sale: 02/14/2017

Pages: 192

List Price 8.99 USD

BISAC1: RELIGION / Spirituality

BISAC2: RELIGION: CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

BISAC3: RELIGION: C. S. LEWIS

BISAC4: RELIGION: APOLOGETICS

BISAC5: LITERATURE: LITERARY CRITICISM

BISAC6: POETRY / Women Authors

BISAC7: RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts