The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an author of fiction and fantasy literature, including the Chronicles of Narnia and the Space Trilogy. Other…

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