What academic subject did C.S. Lewis teach at Oxford before moving to Cambridge?

C.S. Lewis taught English literature at Oxford before moving to Cambridge.

Lewis held teaching and research posts at Oxford for nearly three decades. He became a fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1925 and taught there until 1954. His Oxford career included influential work on medieval and Renaissance literature.

In 1954, Lewis became the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He continued teaching there until his death. The move followed controversy and limited advancement at Oxford, although Lewis remained strongly connected to Oxford through his home, friendships, church, and literary circle.

His academic writing included The Allegory of Love and English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama. These works established him as a serious literary historian, not only as the author of popular Christian books and children’s fiction.