Walter Hooper - Literary Work

Literary Work

Hooper's work has been that of a literary executor and advocate rather than independent scholar. His works include:

• C.S. Lewis: A Biography (co-authored with Roger Lancelyn Green) (1974)
• Study guide to The Screwtape Letters with Owen Barfield (1976)
• Past Watchful Dragons: The Narnian Chronicles of C.S. Lewis (1979)
• With Anthony Marchington Through Joy and Beyond: The Life of C.S. Lewis (1979)
• The Chronicles of Narnia Soundbook (TLWW, TVOTDT, PC, TSC) (abridged) with program booklet by Walter Hooper (1980)
• Through Joy and Beyond: A Pictorial Biography of C.S. Lewis (1982)
• C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide (1996)
• C.S. Lewis: A Complete Guide to His Life and Works (1998)

In addition, Hooper has edited or written introductions for approximately 30 books of Lewisian manuscripts and scholarship. Several of these books contain previously unknown or little-known works by Lewis.

The following works are edited by Hooper:

• All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C.S. Lewis, 1922-27. San Diego: Harcourt, 1991.
• Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C.S. Lewis. New York: Harcourt, 1985.
• Christian Reflections. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1967.
• C.S. Lewis: Collected Letters, Volume 1: Family Letters (1905-1931). London: HarperCollins, 2000.
• C.S. Lewis: Collected Letters, Volume 2: Books, Broadcasts and War (1931-1949). London: HarperCollins, 2004.
• C.S. Lewis: Collected Letters, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy (1950-1963). London: HarperCollins, 2006.
• C.S. Lewis: Readings for Meditation and Reflection. San Francisco: Harper, 1992.
• God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.
• Narrative Poems. Edited with preface by Walter Hooper. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969.
• Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories. Edited with preface by Walter Hooper. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.
• Of This & Other Worlds. Edited with preface by Walter Hooper. London: Collins, 1982.
• On Stories, and Other Essays on Literature. Edited with preface by Walter Hooper. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.
• Poems. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1964.
• Present Concerns. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.
• Selected Literary Essays. London: Cambridge University Press, 1969.
• Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics. Edited with a preface by Walter Hooper. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984.
• Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. Collected by Walter Hooper. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1066.
• The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis. San Diego: Harcourt, 1984.
• The Collected Poems of C.S. Lewis. London: Fount, 1994.
• The Dark Tower & Other Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977.
• The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (revised and expanded). Edited with introduction by Walter Hooper. New York: Macmillan, 1980.
• They Stand Together: The Letters of C.S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves (1914-1963). New York: Macmillan, 1979.
• Letters of C.S. Lewis. Edited with a memoir by W.H. Lewis. Revised and enlarged by Walter Hooper. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1988.