Splendour in the Dark: C. S. Lewis's Dymer in His Life and Work

"... Root has done us all an immense service, by rescuing this neglected poem from obscurity and presenting us with an excellent, scholarly edition. ... Everyone who loves Lewis will not only enjoy this book but also find that Root's commentary on Dymer enhances their reading of Lewis's other works as well." – Malcolm Guite, Girton College, Cambridge

Several years before he converted to Christianity, C. S. Lewis published a narrative poem, Dymer, underthe pseudonym Clive Hamilton. Later, of...