Description:
Several years before he converted to Christianity, C. S. Lewis published a narrative poem, Dymer, which not only sheds light on the development of his literary skills but also offers a glimpse of his intellectual and spiritual growth. Including the complete annotated text of Lewis's poem, this volume helps us understand both Lewis's change of mind and our own journeys of faith.
Brief description:
Jerry Root (PhD, Open University) is professor of evangelism and director of the Evangelism Initiative at Wheaton College. He is the author of C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme, the coauthor of The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis and The Sacrament of Evangelism, and the coeditor of The Quotable Lewis and The Soul of C.S. Lewis.
Review Quotes:
"Lewis is one of those authors whose breadth can obscure his depth. The mountainous influence of Mere Christianity or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe can overshadow those subterranean works on which his popular writing stands. No early work by Lewis is so foundational as his preconversion poem, Dymer. In excavating the ways in which Lewis's more monumental works rise from and build upon Dymer, Root has taken readers further down and further into that depth."
--Corey Latta, author of C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing