Studies in Words

by C. S. Lewis

Publisher:

HarperOne

, 2013

Overview

Language—in its communicative and playful functions, its literary formations and its shifting meanings—is a perennially fascinating topic. C.S. Lewis’ Studies in Words explores this fascination by taking a series of words and teasing out their connotations using examples from a vast range of English literature, recovering lost meanings and analyzing their functions. It doubles as an absorbing and entertaining study of verbal communication, its pleasures and problems. The issues revealed are essential to all who read and communicate thoughtfully, and are handled here by a masterful exponent and analyst of the English language.

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Contents

• Nature (with Phusis, Kind, Physical etc.)
• Sad (with Gravis)
• Wit (with Ingenium)
• Free (with Eleutherios, Liberal, Frank etc.)
• Sense (with Sentence, Sensibility, and Sensible)
• Simple
• Conscience and Conscious
• World
• Life
• I Dare Say
• At the Fringe of Language

Praise for the Print Edition

Rarely is so much learning displayed with so much grace and charm. My only regret is that the book was not twice as long.

—The New York Times Book Review

A brilliant book addressed to students and to lay people alike and timelessly persuasive.

—Robert Burchfield, editor, the Oxford English Dictionary

Product Details

• Title: Studies in Words
• Author: C.S. Lewis
• Edition: 2nd
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication Date: 2013
• Pages: 352
• Christian Group: Evangelicals and Anglican
• Resource Type: Collected Works
• Topic: Christianity and Culture

About C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis, (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classic Mere Christianity. Read more about his life and legacy.