Out of the Silent Planet
Title | Out of the Silent Planet |
Year for Search | 1938 |
Authors | Lewis, C[live] S[taples](1898-1963) |
Tertiary Authors | Lewis, C. S. |
Date Published | 1938 |
Publisher | John Lane, The Bodley Head |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Male author, Northern Ireland author |
Annotation | First volume of a trilogy on the struggle between good and evil. Presents a eutopia as a sub-theme in which the eutopia is given by God. The other volumes of the trilogy are 1943 and 1945 Lewis. In addition, one of the major characters of the trilogy appears in 1977 Lewis. See the note at 1926 Lewis. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. with an "Introduction" (viii-xxvi) and "Notes" (175-94) by David Elloway. London: Longmans, 1966; and New York: Scribner Classics, 1996. |
Info Notes | The name of the indigenous inhabitants, the Hrossa, is also used by Judith Moffett in Pennterra (1987). |
Holding Institutions | L |
Author Note | The author (1898-1963) was born and raised in Northern Ireland and spent most of his life in England. |
Full Text | 1938 Lewis, C[live] S[taples] (1898-1963). Out of the Silent Planet. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. Rpt. with an “Introduction” (viii-xxvi) and “Notes” (175-94) by David Elloway. London: Longmans, 1966; and New York: Scribner Classics, 1996. L First volume of a trilogy on the struggle between good and evil. Presents a eutopia as a sub-theme in which the eutopia is given by God. The other volumes of the trilogy are 1943 and 1945 Lewis. In addition, one of the major characters of the trilogy appears in 1977 Lewis. The name of the indigenous inhabitants, the Hrossa, is also used by Judith Moffett in Pennterra (1987). The author was born and raised in Northern Ireland and spent most of his life in England. |