Annotated Bibliography

Our class project is the development of an annotated bibliography of the works of C. S. Lewis. Each of you will write two entries, based on the book reviews you do earlier in the semester.

In brief, each annotated bibliography entry shall:

  1. Use hanging indentation.
  2. Begin with the title of the book in italics and followed by a period; the place of publication followed by a colon; the publisher followed by a comma; and the copyright date followed by a period.
  3. Space down one time and then begin your entry.
  4. Be limited to between 150-200 words, no more or less; complete each entry by giving your first two initials and last name.
  5. Be submitted via email to dking@montreat.edu or to the course digital drop box.
  6. First entry is due March 14, 2005 by midnight; second entry is due April 4, 2005 by midnight.

Below I provide an example:

The Pilgrim's Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism. London: J. M. Dent, 1933.

This is Lewis' first published work after his conversion to Christianity. Written as an allegory and inspired by Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, this book is Lewis' attack on the spiritual malaise of Western culture as he saw it in the late 1920's and early 1930's. John (will or desire), tries to find the Island (joy or heaven), in various experiences, ideologies, philosophies, and movements; though hindered many times in his pilgrimage, he is eventually assisted by Vertue (conscience or morality).  After a very difficult experience, John converts first to theism and then to Christianity.  Especially helpful to him are the characters Reason and Mother Kirk.  In John, Lewis illustrates his own finding of God through the search for joy.  Elsewhere expressed as "the argument from desire," this theme appears often in Lewis' later writings.  In addition, Lewis publishes sixteen poems that are integrated into this prose allegory.  As a group they are among his best and focus in one way or another upon his spiritual journey and movement toward faith in Christ. D. W. King

After all the entries are received and reviewed, I will published online a complete copy.