Spirits In Bondage: A Cycle Of Lyrics

By C.S. Lewis and Clive Hamilton

Book Overview

2020 Top Shelf Book Cover Award WinnerA rare glimpse of a young C. S. Lewis.Spirits in Bondage reveals the earliest published thoughts of C. S. Lewis. However, we find an unfamiliar Lewis--not the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156847485
• ISBN13: 9780156847483
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderfully mature and insightful work!

Considering Lewis wrote this cycle of poems when he was in his early twenties, they provide incredibly mature insight into the role pain has in people's lives. I ordered this book because I am writing my thesis on C.S. Lewis - I have to say, no study of Lewis' work is complete without this, his earliest and perhaps most poignant contribution to thoughts on powerfully important human topics like pain.

Little-known writing on par with Lewis' best

The creativity and keen spiritual insights that have made C.S. Lewis the most renowned Christian writer of the modern era combine with eloquent poetry to reveal the writer's struggles, hopes and nightmares that predate his conversion to Christianity. This book of poems illustrates his yearning for truth and salvation by revealing his images God, man and Satan in delightful, rhyming lyrics. The intellectual and spiritual force present in these poems create a powerful edge rarely matched. Readers will discern the drive that eventually leads Lewis to find "his heart's delight." This is a must-have for those who have appreciated Lewis' other writings. Lewis' searching and questions parallel many who have had doubts about the present reality and character of a God that seems to hide in mysteries. The genius behind Mere Christianity and the Chronicles of Narnia is behind these poems, even though he has yet to have his eyes opened. The heart of a desperate, sincere seeker of God is painted in these lyrics that in themselves make great poetry.

vivid, beautiful poems

I know that Lewis is mostly known for his books, but these poems have images in them that have remained in my mind for several years after I've read them...the imagery, and the ideas, is what really works in these poems. Also, it is very interesting to read what Lewis wrote before he became a Christian; since most of his writings are religious.