num_pages: 342
description: A journey into the imagination of C.S. Lewis explores the themes and life events that contributed to The Chronicles of Narnia, the most enduring classics of children’s literature C.S. Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th 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 have become enduring classics. Alan Jacobs takes this imaginary world of Narnia and uses the themes and stories found within to explore the imaginative life of C.S. Lewis. Not just a conventional, straightforward biography of Lewis, Jacobs instead seeks a more elusive 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.
language: English
title: The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis
titlecomplete: The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis
characters: C.S. Lewis
genres: Biography, Christian, History, Religion, Theology, Nonfiction, Christianity, Literature, Biography Memoir, Audiobook
ratings_count: 3057
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: John C. Pollock Award
category: Christian Biography
publisher: HarperSanFrancisco