C. S. LEWIS*
The Pilgrim’s Regress
WADE ANNOTATED EDITION
Edited and introduced by
David C. Downing
Illustrated by
Michael Hague
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.
The Pilgrim’s Regress © 1933, 1943 C. S. Lewis Pte Ltd.
All other material by C. S. Lewis © 2014 C. S. Lewis Pte Ltd.
Annotations, Preface, Introduction, and Notes © 2014 David C. Downing
Illustrations © 1981 Michael Hague
All rights reserved
Published 2014 by
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
2140 Oak Industrial Drive N.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49505 / P.O. Box 163, Cambridge CB3 9PU U.K.
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898–1963.
The Pilgrim’s Regress: an Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason, and Romanticism / C. S. Lewis; illustrated by Michael Hague.—Annotated edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8028-7208-1 (cloth: alk. paper)
1. Pilgrims and pilgrimages—Fiction. 2. Christian fiction. 3. Allegories.
I. Hague, Michael, illustrator. II. Title.
PR6023.E926P5 2014
823′.912—dc23
2014031192
As cold waters* to a thirsty soul,
so is good news from a far country.
proverbs
Arthur Greeves*
Note on the Wade Center Copy of The Pilgrim’s Regress, by Marjorie Lamp Mead
VI. Quem Quaeritis in Sepulchro? Non est Hic
III. The Self-Sufficiency of Vertue
VII. Across the Canyon by Moonlight
I. Across the Canyon by the Inner Light
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About The Pilgrim’s Regress (Wade Annotated Edition)C. S. Lewis’s allegory enhanced with a wealth of annotations, including notes by Lewis himself. Modeled after John Bunyan’s famous Pilgrim’s Progress, C. S. Lewis’s Pilgrim’s Regress represents a number of firsts for Lewis—the first book he wrote after his conversion to Christianity, his first book of fiction, and the first book he published under his own name. This splendid annotated edition, produced in collaboration with the Marion E. Wade Center in Wheaton, Illinois, helps readers recover the richness of Lewis’s allegory. Often considered obscure and difficult to read, The Pilgrim’s Regress nonetheless remains a witty satire on cultural fads, a vivid account of spiritual dangers, and an illuminating tale for generations of pilgrims old and new. Editor David C. Downing’s critical introduction provides needed biographical and cultural context for fully appreciating The Pilgrim’s Regress. Downing relies throughout both on his own expertise and on previously unpublished sources from Lewis himself to identify allusions to other authors, translate quotations, and explain humor hidden within Lewis’s text. Among the hundreds of annotations are references that draw parallels to Lewis’s later works, including Mere Christianity, Surprised by Joy, and the Chronicles of Narnia. |
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