They Asked for a Paper

This collection of twelve essays by C. S. Lewis was published by Geoffrey Bles in 1962.The collection includes some of Lewis's thoughts on literary topics and people along with some of his thinking about the social sciences.One of the most important essays that appears in They Asked for a Paper is Lewis's inaugural address at the University of Cambridge, entitled "De Descriptione Temporum," Latin for "On a Description of the Times."In the lecture he argued that the most important historical date was not the division between medieval times and the Renaissance but 1830 which was what he termed the beginning of the Age of Enlightenment.[1] It was Lewis's last book to be published in his lifetime, as he died on 22 November the following year.

C. S. LewisUniversity of CambridgeRenaissanceAge of EnlightenmentFaded PageC. S. LewisBibliographySpirits in BondageReasonThe Pilgrim's RegressThe Screwtape LettersThe Great DivorceTill We Have FacesScrewtape Proposes a ToastLetters to MalcolmThe Space TrilogyOut of the Silent PlanetPerelandraThat Hideous StrengthThe Dark TowerThe Chroniclesof NarniaThe Lion, the Witch and the WardrobePrince CaspianThe Voyage of the Dawn TreaderThe Silver ChairThe Horse and His BoyThe Magician's NephewThe Last BattleThe Allegory of LoveThe Personal HeresyThe Problem of PainA Preface to Paradise LostThe Abolition of ManMiraclesThe Weight of Glory and Other AddressesMere ChristianitySurprised by JoyThe Four LovesStudies in WordsThe World's Last Night and Other EssaysAn Experiment in CriticismA Grief ObservedSelections from Layamon's BrutThe Discarded ImageOf Other WorldsGod in the DockJoy DavidmanDouglas GreshamWarren LewisThe KilnsLewis's trilemmaThe InklingsLanguage and Human NatureCS Lewis Nature ReserveShadowlandsThe Most Reluctant ConvertFreud's Last Session