Ireland in the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis

Even after he achieved world-wide fame through books such as The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and The Screwtape Letters, the Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis often regarded as uncomplicatedly English by critics and the general public proudly and regularly described himself as Irish. What s more, he frequently incorporated Irish elements into his work. This includes, for example, numerous allusions to Irish mythology, the repeated employment of Hiberno-English and Ulster Scots words and expressions, and a preference for tropes frequently found in Irish (and sometimes specifically Ulster Protestant) writing.

List of contents

Introduction.- The man from God knows where Four Plays about C.S. Lewis that Ignore or Downplay his Irish Background.- Gods and fighting (wo)men Irish Mythology in the Work of C.S. Lewis.- Lit up inside C.S. Lewis s Joy and Ulster Protestant Ecstasy.- Four Nations C.S. Lewis s Ulster Irish Attempts to Redefine Britishness.

Summary

Even after he achieved world-wide fame through books such as The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and The Screwtape Letters, the Belfast-born author C.S. Lewis – often regarded as uncomplicatedly English by critics and the general public – proudly and regularly described himself as Irish. What’s more, he frequently incorporated Irish elements into his work. This includes, for example, numerous allusions to Irish mythology, the repeated employment of Hiberno-English and Ulster Scots words and expressions, and a preference for tropes frequently found in Irish (and sometimes specifically Ulster Protestant) writing.

Product details

• Authors: David Clare
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.09.2025
• EAN: 9783031943898
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3194389-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Illustrations: XIV, 216 p.
• Series: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Europäische Geschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Westeuropa, Ireland, C.S. Lewis, Hybridity, britishness, History of Britain and Ireland, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary History, British and Irish Literature, Children's Literature, Kinder- und Jugendliteraturwissenschaft: allgemein, Irish Mythology, Fantasy Literature, Ulster Protestant