.... Tolkien J. K. Rowling Harry Potter Chronicles of Narnia history of imagination If anything has been seen as distinguishing romance, for good or for evil, over the years, it has been its reliance upon “imagination” (phantasia or imaginatio) in what it represents...

.... S. Lewis’s stepson, the first of the Chronicles of Narnia series, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005), mixed wonder, mythical creatures, and Christian themes, and earned $760 million worldwide. ¹⁹ Much of the credit for the success of the Narnia series should go...

...Figure 21.1 Aslan and Edmund depicted in Walden Media’s blockbuster adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock Photo Figure 21.2 Though Aslan sacrifices himself...

...This chapter gives a detailed account of the genesis of Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. It draws on published and unpublished manuscripts, as well as on Lewis’s reminiscences and Hooper’s own memories relevant to the writing of the books. The chapter throws light both on the writing...

... Science Fiction Fantasy Writing 20th Century Literature Contemporary Literature Children’s Literature Chronicles of Narnia Lord of the Rings From my earliest memories of independent childhood—from the age of about seven, say—’Narnia’ was an established part of my cosmos. It’s not surprising. I...

... and explores his parables to confirm the main lessons that can be learned from his works. It also discusses a picture of social harmony in his The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis C S Ware Kallistos Berdyaev Nikolai Bible Creation Lewis Chad Maritain Jacques Meilaender Gilbert Redemption...

... looks at the works of Belfast born writer and medieval scholar C. S. Lewis, including The Chronicles of Narnia. The last thirty years of the twentieth century have seen dramatic changes in Irish society. The advent of television and video, multiplex cinemas, and video and computer...