Feminine ethos in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
By: Monika B. Hilder ; preface by Elizabeth Baird Hardy
Series: Studies in twentieth-century British literature -- v. 10
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433118173; 9781453909003
Subjects: English Fantasy fiction; Children's stories, English; Feminism in literature; Courage in literature; English Christian fiction; History and criticism; Heroes in literature; Narnia (Imaginary place); Spirituality in literature; Femininity in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The theological feminism of the "old woman" of Oxford; title: True royalty: becoming yourself in The lion, the witch and the wardrobe; title: Receiving lion-strength: growing up in Prince Caspian; title: Baptized into the light: journeying in The voyage of the "Dawn Treader"; title: Guarding the gift of memory in The silver chair; title: Flying to freedom in The horse and his boy; title: Awakening to life in The magician's nephew; title: Fighting the battle of faith in The last battle; title: Afterword.