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Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Michael Ward
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Description for Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH; DSY; FQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery. Michael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In Planet Narnia he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on ... Read more
For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery. Michael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In Planet Narnia he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199738700
SKU
V9780199738700
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About Michael Ward
Michael Ward is a a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Reviews for Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Wards thesis is taut and compelling, and requires intelligent engagement: this isnt a book to dabble in while half-listening to the cricket. But it is the best book Ive read since well, since at least this one.
Daniel Hannan, The Telegrapg.co.uk
If Ward is wrong, his is the most beautiful mistake in modern literary criticism. But I don't ... Read more
Daniel Hannan, The Telegrapg.co.uk
If Ward is wrong, his is the most beautiful mistake in modern literary criticism. But I don't ... Read more