C. S. Lewis: The Allegory Of Love

C.S Lewis was an author, essayist and Christian apologist. He is best known for his children’s classic series, The Chronicles of Narnia. He was born on November 29, 1898 in Belfast, North Ireland (C.S. Lewis Biography, 2017). He was a favorable author because he continued to live his life after all the tragedy that happen throughout his life, started his writing while he was also teaching, and he had the courage to join the military a couple years later after having serious respiratory difficulties.
With all the deaths throughout his family during his lifetime, he continued to move forward with life and progress thru his full potential. His mother, Flora Hamilton, died of cancer on August 23, 1908; the same day as her husband’s, Albert Lewis,

In addition to his teaching duties at the University, Lewis began to publish books. His first major work, The Pilgrim's Regress (1933), was about his own spiritual journey to Christian faith. Other works followed that won him acclaim not only as a writer of books on religious subjects, but also as a writer of academic works and popular novels. The Allegory of Love (1936), which is still considered a masterpiece today, was a history of love literature from the early Middle Ages to Shakespeare's time; Out of the Silent Planet (1938) was the first of a trilogy of science fiction novels, the hero of which is loosely modeled on Lewis's friend J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the children's classic The Hobbit (Imbornonl,

Jack was commissioned an officer in the 3rd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, on September 25 and reached the front line in the Somme Valley in France on his 19th birthday (The Life of C.S. Lewis Timeline, 2017). On April 15, Lewis was wounded on Mount Berenchon, during the Battle of Arras. He recuperated and was returned to duty in October, being assigned to Ludgerhall, Andover, England. He was discharged in December 1919 (The Life of C.S. Lewis Timeline, 2017). The February issue of Reveille contained “Death in Battle,” Lewis’ first publication in other than school magazines. The issue had poems by Robert Bridges, Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, and Hilaire Belloc. From January 1919 until June 1924, he resumed his studies at University College, Oxford, where he received a First in Honour Moderations (Greek and Latin Literature) in 1920, a First in Greats (Philosophy and Ancient History) in 1922, and a First in English in 1923. His tutors during this time included A.B. Poynton for Honour Mods, E.F. Carritt for Philosophy, F.P. Wilson and George Gordon in the English School, and E.E. Wardale for Old English (The Life of C.S. Lewis Timeline,