Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.
The author recounts his grief over the death of his wife, and explains how he reexamined his religious beliefs.
The author recounts his grief over the death of his wife, and explains how he reexamined his religious beliefs.
A collection of thoughts, notes, and reflections upon marriage, love, death, and grief written by the English author, C.S. Lewis after the death of his wife, Helen Joy Davidman.
A grief observed
by Gresham, Douglas H., Lewis, C. S., (Clive Staples), L'Engle, Madeleine
Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moment," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period:…
A grief observed
by Gresham, Douglas H., Lewis, C. S., (Clive Staples), L'Engle, Madeleine
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"A classic work on grief, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed an unflinchingly truthf…
"Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the "mad midnight moments," A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that perio…
The author recounts his grief over the death of his wife, and explains how he reexamined his religious beliefs.
This study of Lutheran funeral booklets - verse written to console bereaved parents - adds to our understanding of the genre, which has not been fully explored as literature or for what it reveals about the depiction of children or parent-child relationships in early modern Euro…
"In early modern Europe it has been estimated that up to one in two children did not survive to the age of ten. In the light of this high mortality rate, some historians have argued that parents did not form close relationships with their children, especially the very young. Thi…