Description
Downing presents each Narnia book as its own little wardrobe - each tale an opportunity to discover a visionary world of bustling vitality, sparkling beauty, and spiritual clarity. And Downing's examination of C. S. Lewis's personal life shows how the content of these classic children's books reflects Lewis's love of wonder and story, his affection for animals and homespun things, his shrewd observations about human nature, along with his vast reading, robust humor, theological speculations, medieval scholarship, and arcane linguistic jokes. A fun glossary of odd and invented words will allow readers to speak with Narnian flair, regaling friends and family with unusual words like cantrips, poltoonery, hastilude, and skirling. A masterful work that will appeal to both new and seasoned fans of Narnia, Into the Wardrobe offers a journey beyond Narnia's deceptively simple surface and into its richly textured and unexpected depths.
About the Author
THE AUTHOR
DAVID C. DOWNING is a leading C. S. Lewis expert, award-winning author, and professor of English at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His articles about Lewis have appeared in such publications as Christianity Today, Christianity and Literature, Books & Culture, Christian Scholars Review, and numerous other journals. His books include Planets in Peril, about the Space Trilogy; The Most Reluctant Convert, a biography of Lewis that was named one of the Top Ten Religion Books of the Year by the American Library Association; and Into the Region of Awe, a study of the mystical elements in Lewis's life and writings.
Reviews
"...in this volume, C.S.Lewis' biography is given concisely, yet thoroughly...before you go to the movies this winter to see the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, read this book..." (The Eternal Night, 13th December 2005).
"...a masterful work that will appeal to both new and seasoned fans of Narnia, 'Into the Wardrobe' offers a journey beyond Narnia's deceptively simple surface and into its richly textured and unexpected depths." (www.eden.co.uk, 13th December 2005)
"...fluent and mature..." (Church Times, 9th December 2005)
Book Information
ISBN 9780787978907
Author David C. Downing
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 363g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 145mm * 25mm