Perelandra

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Title	Perelandra
Year for Search	1943
Authors	Lewis, C[live] S[taples](1898-1963)
Tertiary Authors	Lewis, C. S.
Date Published	1943
Publisher	John Lane, The Bodley Head
Place Published	London
Keywords	English author, Male author, Northern Ireland author
Annotation	Second volume of a trilogy on the battle between good and evil. Re-enactment of the Adam and Eve myth on Venus but with no Fall. Stresses closeness to animals. The other volumes of the trilogy are 1938 and 1945 Lewis. In addition, one of the major characters of the trilogy appears in 1977 Lewis.
Additional Publishers	Rpt. New York: Scribner Classics, 1996. Rpt. as Voyage to Venus. London: Pan, 1953.
Info Notes	See also Perelandra the Opera, which was written in collaboration with Lewis between 1960 to 1964 with music by Donald Swann (1923-94) and libretto by David Marsh. First performed in the U.K. in 1964 and in the U.S. as a student production in 1969. It was then performed in a new premiere in Oxford in 2009.
Title Note	Rpt. as Voyage to Venus. London: Pan, 1953.
Holding Institutions	L, PSt
Author Note	The author (1898-1963) was born and raised in Northern Ireland and spent most of his life in England.
Full Text	1943 Lewis, C[live] S[taples] (1898-1963). Perelandra. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head. Rpt. New York: Scribner Classics, 1996. Rpt. as Voyage to Venus. London: Pan, 1953. L Second volume of a trilogy on the battle between good and evil. Re-enactment of the Adam and Eve myth on Venus but with no Fall. Stresses closeness to animals. The other volumes of the trilogy are 1938 and 1945 Lewis. In addition, one of the major characters of the trilogy appears in 1977 Lewis. See also Perelandra the Opera, which was written in collaboration with Lewis between 1960 to 1964 with music by Donald Swann (1923-94) and libretto by David Marsh. First performed in the U.K. in 1964 and in the U.S. as a student production in 1969. It was then performed in a new premiere in Oxford in 2009. The author was born and raised in Northern Ireland and spent most of his life in England.