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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:45:11 -0400, The Dead Man <deadzone RemoveThis @grave.edu>
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>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 04:13:06 GMT, Bree <bree RemoveThis @bree.com> wrote:
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>>On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:18:47 -0400, The Dead Man <deadzone RemoveThis @grave.edu>
>>wrote:
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>>>
>>>What is the most complete set of Lewis' works currently available?
>>>
>>>I was baffled in looking over the lengthy list of individual volumes
>>>and sets of his writings available through Amazon.com and would
>>>appreciate any guidance along this line.
>>>
>>>To be clear, I am looking for the widest coverage, and greatest number
>>>of works available in one collection or set by Lewis.

I expect the search for a set is a bottleneck.


>>If it's just for learning about Lewis's stuff, I'd suggest going to a
>>second hand bookstore and looking at the MacMillan paperbacks. I'm not
>>sure if they have everything -- but later books would be on the same
>>shelf.
>>
>>Prices very low, $2 or so on west coast USA.
>>

>Are the Macmillan books a set? If so, how many should I expect?
>
>(What I'm after is something that contains a fairly wide-range of
>Lewisian (?) literature. I (who know but little of Lewis (beyond his
>most popular works)

I'm not sure how many books other than the most popular ones got into the
MacMillan set. I expect you'd have to look wider, and I doubt any one set
will have all aspects. For some extremes of the range, see

OXFORD HISTORY OF ENG LIT IN THE 16TH CENTURY
THE DISCARDED IMAGE
A PREFACE TO PARADISE LOST
STUDIES IN WORDS
ABOLITION OF MAN
PILGRIM'S REGRESS
TILL WE HAVE FACES
OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET
THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH (cf Charles Williams)
OF OTHER WORLDS
A GRIEF OBSERVED

I'm leaving out the most popular, since you probably already have them (or
they'd be in MacMillan's list).


>have been given the assignment of preparing a
>lecture for a weekend retreat of Lewis "experts". In part, this is a
>test of my ability to start at "scratch" and build a syllabus and
>lecture on material that is not my forte; another part is because they
>hope that "fresh eyes" might enable them see how someone who is
>beginning from near-zero and working on their own (as opposed to being
>taught) might process Lewis's material.)

Good luck.


Bree
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:59:23 -0400, The Dead Man <deadzone.RemoveThis@grave.edu>
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/snip/

>>>(What I'm after is something that contains a fairly wide-range of
>>>Lewisian (?) literature. I (who know but little of Lewis (beyond his
>>>most popular works)
>>
>>I'm not sure how many books other than the most popular ones got into the
>>MacMillan set. I expect you'd have to look wider, and I doubt any one set
>>will have all aspects. For some extremes of the range, see
>>
>>OXFORD HISTORY OF ENG LIT IN THE 16TH CENTURY
>>THE DISCARDED IMAGE
>>A PREFACE TO PARADISE LOST
>>STUDIES IN WORDS

The above you'd have better luck in a library or Inter-Library Loan.
They're certainly not going to be in mass produced sets.

Maybe same:
>>PILGRIM'S REGRESS
>>OF OTHER WORLDS
>>TILL WE HAVE FACES
>>OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET
>>THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH (cf Charles Williams)


These might be in cheap apologetic sets, dunno. ABOLITION was in the
MacMillan pb series.
>>ABOLITION OF MAN
>>A GRIEF OBSERVED


Bree
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Drat, I forgot. All the books I mentioned were published during Lewis's
lifetime, at his choice, with him involved. Since his death (in 1963) quite
a few more things have been found and published. Journals, letters, some
discarded unfinished fiction.... I've been reading his journals from the
mid-1920's, very interesting. Lots of good weather, tho not much food.

There was also, during his lifetime iirc, GOD IN THE DOCK, a collection of
essays, letters to the editor, etc. Certainly some interesting bits there.


Bree
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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 03:52:38 GMT, Bree <bree RemoveThis @bree.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:59:23 -0400, The Dead Man <deadzone RemoveThis @grave.edu>
>wrote:
>/snip/
>
>>>>(What I'm after is something that contains a fairly wide-range of
>>>>Lewisian (?) literature. I (who know but little of Lewis (beyond his
>>>>most popular works)
>>>
>>>I'm not sure how many books other than the most popular ones got into the
>>>MacMillan set. I expect you'd have to look wider, and I doubt any one set
>>>will have all aspects. For some extremes of the range, see
>>>
>>>OXFORD HISTORY OF ENG LIT IN THE 16TH CENTURY
>>>THE DISCARDED IMAGE
>>>A PREFACE TO PARADISE LOST
>>>STUDIES IN WORDS
>
>The above you'd have better luck in a library or Inter-Library Loan.
>They're certainly not going to be in mass produced sets.
>
>Maybe same:
>>>PILGRIM'S REGRESS
>>>OF OTHER WORLDS
>>>TILL WE HAVE FACES
>>>OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET
>>>THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH (cf Charles Williams)
>
>
>These might be in cheap apologetic sets, dunno. ABOLITION was in the
>MacMillan pb series.
>>>ABOLITION OF MAN
>>>A GRIEF OBSERVED
>
>
>Bree
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