Branches to Heaven
Branches to Heaven: The Geniuses of C. S. Lewis
- Author: James T. Como
- Length: 224
- Edition: Hardcover
- Publisher: Spence Publishing Company
Description of Branches to Heaven:
Branches to Heaven explores Lewis's manifold genius and finds for the first time the surprising secret of Lewis's enduring literary and spiritual achievement. It will astonish Lewis's admirers and critics alike to learn that he was far from the settled convert he appeared to be. Yet this very unsettledness, which Lewis himself found alarming, was the source of the appealing tension in his work and of his unrelenting commitment to his apologetic vocation. It was in the service of this vocation that he exercised his overarching rhetorical genius-a dazzling adroitness at suiting word, voice, and argument to a particular purpose-always militant, compelling, and persuasive. As Professor Como explores Lewis's hitherto uncharted inner landscape-the core of both his spiritual insight and his intellectual greatness-there emerges a more complex and integrated figure that we have known before.
Information on Branches to Heaven from the publisher:
One of the twentieth century's most widely read writers and its most influential Christian apologist, C.S. Lewis has nevertheless eluded the understanding of the numerous scholars who have approached him only as a religious thinker or man of letters. In Branches to Heaven, a leading Lewis authority explores the full range of his manifold genius and uncovers the surprising secret of Lewis's enduring literary and spiritual achievement.
About James T. Como:
James Como, professor of rhetoric and public communication at York college of the City University of New York, is the editor of C.S. Lewis at the Breakfast Table and Other Reminiscences, the author of numerous articles on Lewis, and the editor of CSL, the bulletin of the New York C.S, Lewis Society. He holds an advanced degree in medieval literature from Fordham and in rhetoric from Columbia. Professor Como lives with his wife in Westchester County, New York.
Description of James T. Como, author of Branches to Heaven:
Branches to Heaven explores Lewis's manifold genius and finds for the first time the surprising secret of Lewis's enduring literary and spiritual achievement. It will astonish Lewis's admirers and critics alike to learn that he was far from the settled convert he appeared to be. Yet this very unsettledness, which Lewis himself found alarming, was the source of the appealing tension in his work and of his unrelenting commitment to his apologetic vocation. It was in the service of this vocation that he exercised his overarching rhetorical genius-a dazzling adroitness at suiting word, voice, and argument to a particular purpose-always militant, compelling, and persuasive. As Professor Como explores Lewis's hitherto uncharted inner landscape-the core of both his spiritual insight and his intellectual greatness-there emerges a more complex and integrated figure that we have known before.