The Completion of C. S. Lewis: From War to Joy is the final volume in a trilogy on C. S. Lewis’s life. In this third book, scholar Harry Lee Poe examines the years during World War II until Lewis’s death in 1963.
This period of his life was wrought with disappointments and tragedy, including the deaths of close friends and family, the decline of his health, and professional failings. Despite these disappointments, this time was also marked by deep and meaningful relationships with those around him, including his friendship with and marriage to Joy Davidman Gresham. Lewis used these trials and joys to write some of his bestselling books, such as The Chronicles of Narnia; Till We Have Faces; and Surprised by Joy.
304 pages.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Dreary Aftermath of War
Chapter 2: Work, Work, Work
Chapter 3: A New Agenda and New Friends
Chapter 4: Narnia and Beyond
Chapter 5: The New Freedom
Chapter 6: Journey to Cambridge
Chapter 7: Jack and Joy
Chapter 8: Married Life
Chapter 9: Life Without Joy
Chapter 10: The Last Summer
Chapter 11: The Completion of a Life
Completion of C. S. Lewis, The: From War to Joy (1945–1963) is in the following collections:
