Sleuthing C. S. Lewis : More Light in the Shadowlands

by Lindskoog, Kathryn Ann

• ISBN13: 9780865547308
• ISBN10: 0865547300
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

Within a few months of C. S. Lewis's death in 1963, certain facts about his life were already being fictionalized and his literary leavings were being contaminated with fakery. Year after year, the fraud has been promoted by public relations and protected by secrecy. Year after year, Lindskoog has explored the fraud further. The result is a gripping tale with an amazing cast of characters and new developments every year. This is scholarship packed with human interest and suspense.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Joe R. Christopher
Introduction	xi
Robert Ellwood
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Re-Packaging C. S. Lewis No End in Sight After All?	1	(12)
Shining Some Light on the Dark Tower Not a Lost Lewis Novel After All?	13	(28)
Throwing Water on the Bonfire Story Not a Literary Rescue After All?	41	(15)
Seeing Through ``Through Joy and Beyond'' Not the Film of a Lifetime After All?	56	(19)
Strange Visions and Revisions Not Real Rhymes or Reasons After All?	75	(28)
Forms of Things Unknown Not What Lewis Had in Mind After All?	103	(22)
The Most Substantial People Not a Flimsy Fiction After All?	125	(17)
Will the Real Mrs. Lewis Stand Up Not Really Not Really Married After All?	142	(22)
Forging a Friendship Not a Genuinely Copied Signature After All?	164	(22)
The Fall Together Not a Stolen Manuscript After All?	186	(35)
The Business of Heaven Not Unworldly Wisdom After All?	221	(30)
Battle for the Dark Tower Not a Contest After All?	251	(42)
Appendices	293	(114)
1. Afterword	293	(9)
John Bremer
2. Facts about Forgery	302	(10)
3. The Mistress of C.S. Lewis	312	(10)
John Bremer
4. Stealing the King's Ring	322	(15)
5. A.N. Wilson Errata	337	(9)
6. Lewis Petition and Signatories	346	(7)
7. The Portland Statement	353	(3)
8. Letter to La Paz	356	(8)
9. The Julius Grant Report	364	(4)
10. The Nancy Cole Report	368	(19)
11. Who Owns C.S. Lewis?	387	(5)
12. Three Letters from C.S. Lewis	392	(5)
13. Chronology	397	(10)
Index	407