Title: C. S. Lewis, spinner of tales :
Authors: Gibson, Evan K.,
Date: 1980
Publisher: Christian University Press ;
Physical description: ix, 284 p. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: P
Abstract: Lewis' style, narrative, technique, and plot structure are examined from literary and theological perspectives.
Contents: 1. Jack Lewis : scholar, apologist, storyteller -- 2. Out of the silent planet -- 3. Perelandra -- 4. The hideous strength -- 5. News from below : The screwtape letters and The great divorce -- 6. In the days of the high kings : The lion, the witch and the wardrobe and The horse and his boy -- 7. The Caspian triad : Prince Caspian, The voyage of the "Dawn Treader," and The silver chair -- 8. First and last things : The magician's nephew and The last battle -- 9. Till we have faces -- 10. The tapestry of spun tales -- Sources of quotations and references.
Subject headings (LCSH): Children's stories, English--History and criticism; Children--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--20th century; Christian fiction, English--History and criticism.; Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.; Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Criticism and interpretation.; Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Fictional works.