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Lewis, C.S. (1898-1963), writer and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Obituaries of C.S. Lewis

(1) ‘The Uncontemporary Apologist' in Theology LXVIII, (No. 536), Feb 1965, by Simon Barrington-Ward (Fellow and Dean of Magdalene College)

(2) Photocopy of an obituary by Helen Gardner in Proceedings of the British Academy LI (1965)

(3) Printout of a copy of an obituary in The Times, 25 November 1963

C.S. Lewis - Shakespeare Annotations

Photocopies (enlarged) of annotations in his Arden Shakespeare copies of King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, Love’s Labour’s Lost.

Also:
(1) R. Lyne, ‘C.S. Lewis and his Arden Shakespeare’, College Magazine, No. 42 (1997-98), pp. 48-52

(2) Copy of Lionel Adey’s article: 'C.S. Lewis's Annotations to His Shakespeare Volumes' in the Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society Vol 8 (1977)

Centenary of Birth of C.S. Lewis

Celebrations to mark the centenary of the birth of C.S. Lewis:

(a) Programmes of events in Belfast, Oxford, and Magdalene
(b) Working script of ‘Readings from the works’, Benson Hall, Dec 1998, ed. Prof Stevens
(c) Poster for A.N. Wilson’s lecture
(d) Text of Bishop Barrington-Ward’s sermon, 11 Oct 1998
(e) Occasional Paper 23, Centenary Readings from C.S. Lewis and correspondence relating to the publication
(f) Photocopy of a letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury (The Rt Revd Lord Runcie) to The Revd Hueston Finlay (Chaplain of Magdalene), 13 Nov 1996, declining to preach on C.S. Lewis.

Articles about C.S. Lewis

Articles and papers about C.S. Lewis:

(1) 'C.S. Lewis in Cambridge: some personal reminiscences' by R.W. Ladborough (chapter 11 of James T. Como, ed., C.S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table, and Other Reminiscences)

(2) Articles in Fifty-Two: A Journal of Books & Authors, Spring 1964, No.13:

  • 'Heaven? It's a venture' by C. S Lewis, pp. 3-5
  • 'C.S. Lewis, an appreciation' by J.B. Phillips, pp. 6-9
  • 'C.S. Lewis, Scholar and Christian Apologist' from The Times, pp. 10-12

(3) Moynihan, Martin, The Latin Letters of C.S. Lewis to Don Giovanni Calabria of Verona and to members of his congregation 1947-61, (Westchester, Illinois, 1987)

(4) Mineko Honda, ‘C.S. Lewis’s approach to supernatural reality, II ’ (1997)

(5) Mineko Honda, ‘C.S. Lewis’s science fiction’ (1997)

(6) S. Logan, 'Old Western Man for Our Times' (2001)

(7) Jacqueline Glenny, 'C.S. Lewis's Cambridge: a walking tour guide' (Round Church, Cambridge 2003)

(8) 'Science Fiction in First Court': CSL, Brian Aldiss & Kingsley Amis, 1962, College Magazine, No. 45 (2000-01)

(9) 'C.S. Lewis, Renaissance Man' 22 April 2006 (Literary Festival)

(10) ‘C.S. Lewis at Magdalen’ (Magdalen College Oxford 2013)

(11) Prof. Helen Cooper, blog post (2016)

(12) Photocopy of an article: ‘Interim report, Comparing Oxford and Cambridge' by C.S. Lewis, published in Walmsley, Lesley (ed), C.S. Lewis, Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces (2000), No. 96

50 Years since the Death of C.S. Lewis

Marking 50 years since the death of C.S. Lewis:

(1) Service booklet from Westminster Abbey: 'A Service to Dedicate A Memorial to C.S. Lewis Writer, Scholar, Apologist', 22 November 2013 plus copies of photographs of the memorial stone in Poets' Corner and an article from The Telegraph

(2) Service booklet for 'Choral Evensong commemorating C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)' 3 November 2013

(3) Article from The Times 'JFK Overshadowed the Death of Two Greats' [Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis], 23 November 2013

(d) Programme for 'Lewis as Critic' held at Magdalene College on 23 November 2013