false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172767008m/214430.jpg 214430 3 Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven <i>Chronicles of Narnia</i> were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in <i>The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature</i> as "the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author." But how could Lewis (a formidable critic, scholar, and Christian apologist)conjure up the kind of adventures in which generations of children (and adults) take such delight? In this engaging and insightful book, C. S. Lewis expert David C. Downing invites readers to join his vivid exploration of the <i>Chronicles of Narnia</i>, offering a detailed look at the enchanting stories themselves and also focusing on the extraordinary intellect and imagination of the man behind the Wardrobe. <p> 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, <i>Into the Wardrobe</i> offers a journey beyond Narnia's deceptively simple surface and into its richly textured and unexpected depths. 207585 9 9 2005 Into the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles total:22|5:4|4:11|3:7|2:0|1:0| 22 85 39 2 4 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 11:56:11 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:02:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 20:44:53 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 20:48:35 -0700 2008
I was very pleased with the latter end of the book which discussed the origins of language that Lewis used.

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