Milton, Spenser and The Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis NovelsMcFarland, 2014 M11 21 - 196 páginas In 1950, Clive Staples Lewis published the first in a series of children's stories that became The Chronicles of Narnia. The now vastly popular Chronicles are a widely known testament to the religious and moral principles that Lewis embraced in his later life. What many readers and viewers do not know about the Chronicles is that a close reading of the seven-book series reveals the strikingly effective influences of literary sources as diverse as George MacDonald's fantastic fiction and the courtly love poetry of the High Middle Ages. Arguably the two most influential sources for the series are Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Lewis was so personally intrigued by these two particular pieces of literature that he became renowned for his scholarly studies of both Milton and Spenser. This book examines the important ways in which Lewis so clearly echoes The Faerie Queen and Paradise Lost, and how the elements of each work together to convey similar meanings. Most specifically, the chapters focus on the telling interweavings that can be seen in the depiction of evil, female characters, fantastic and symbolic landscapes and settings, and the spiritual concepts so personally important to C.S. Lewis. |
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... Satan as heroic. Yes, he was proud; but pride is a sin. He did not impress me as worthy of admiration, and I was reassured to find that Lewis felt much the same way. As my studies in Milton and Spenser grew more focused, I began to ...
... Satan is the hero of the poem, while also examining structural, theological, and textual issues. Lewis's boldness in claiming his Christian beliefs, rather than making excuses for them, has also been cited as a refreshing and impres ...
... Satan's character in Paradise Lost, was painstaking in his depiction of his villains as evil, unappealing, and occasionally ridiculous. This is also how he interpreted many of the villains and monsters in The Faerie Queene and Paradise ...
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17 | |
The Depiction of Evil Men Mortals Monsters and Misled Protagonists | 51 |
Girls Whose Heads Have Something Inside Them The Characterization of Women | 77 |
An Inside Bigger Than Its Outside Setting and Geography | 107 |
Knowing Him Better There Spirituality and Belief | 135 |
Conclusion | 159 |
Chapter Notes | 163 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index | 183 |
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Milton, Spenser and The Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S ... Elizabeth Baird Hardy Vista previa limitada - 2006 |