Way into Narnia A Reader's Guide

Name: Way into Narnia A Reader's Guide
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ISBN: 9780802829849

ISBN-10: 0802829848

ISBN-13: 9780802829849

Edition: 2005

Authors: Peter J. Schakel

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How did C. S. Lewis, a middle-aged professor with no children, write books that have become classics of childrenbs literature? What is the best order for reading the Chronicles of Narnia? "The Way Into Narnia" is the introduction to the Chronicles that readers have been waiting for. It provides valuable guidance for first-time visitors to Narnia as well as fresh insights for those who have traveled there often. Exploring ideas from bOn Fairy-Stories, b the influential essay by Lewisbs friend J. R. R. Tolkien, the book asserts that the best way to enter Narnia is to read the Chronicles as fairy-stories. Taking a chapter for each of the Chronicles, veteran Lewis scholar Peter Schakel walks…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/13/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



The chronicles : the author and the books



The story-maker and his stories



Controversies over texts and reading order


The chronicles as fairy tales



The storytelling : fairy tale, fantasy, and myth



Magic and meaning in The lion, the witch and the wardrobe



Believing and seeing in Prince Caspian



Longing and learning in The voyage of the "dawn treader"



Freedom and obedience in The silver chair



Place and personal identity in The horse and his boy



Endings and beginnings in The magician's nephew



Endings and transcendings in The last battle



The stories told : fairy-land and its effects


The chronicles : annotations