What subject did C.S. Lewis teach at Oxford’s Magdalen College for much of his career?

C.S. Lewis taught English literature at Oxford’s Magdalen College for much of his academic career.

Lewis became a Fellow and tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1925. He remained there until 1954, teaching students, supervising essays, and participating in the intellectual life of the college. His Oxford work helped establish him as a major scholar of English literature before and alongside his fame as a Christian writer.

His academic interests included medieval and Renaissance writing, allegory, literary history, and the development of English prose and poetry. He was also known for energetic tutorials and lectures that brought older literature vividly to life.

In 1954, Lewis left Oxford for Cambridge, where he became the first holder of the chair of Medieval and Renaissance English. This move can cause confusion: Magdalen College was his Oxford base, while Magdalene College, Cambridge, was his later Cambridge college.