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The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Alan Jacobs
"The Narnian is thoughtful, intriguing and inspiring?a treasure for Narnia fans, as well as aficionados of fine biography." Booklist
HarperSanFrancisco
October 2005
368 pages ISBN: 0060766905 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
C. S. Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the
twentieth century and arguably the most influential
Christian writer of his day. Yet among his poetry, literary
history and criticism, novels, and Christian apologetics
stands a unique, delightfully imaginative children’s series
called The Chronicles of Narnia, which has become an
enduring classic. Alan Jacobs takes this imaginary world of
Narnia that has captivated children and adults alike for
years, and uses the themes and stories found within to
explore the imaginative life of C. S. Lewis. Few things are
more interesting to human beings than trying to figure out
how another human being (espeically a profoundly gifted
one) works. Not just a conventional, straightforward
biographer of Lewis, Jacobs instead seeks a more elusive
quarry: an understanding of the way Lewis’s experiences,
both direct and literary, formed themselves into patterns--
themes that then shaped his thought and writings,
especially the stories of Narnia. It is in the Narnia
stories that we see the most of Lewis, and this
illuminating biography delivers a true picture of the life
and imagination of the Narnian.
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