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Title:

C.S. Lewis : The chronicles of Narnia / edited by Michelle Ann Abate & Lance Weldy.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiii, 210 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Lewis, C. S.--(Clive Staples),--1898-1963.--Chronicles of Narnia.

Other Authors:

Abate, Michelle Ann, 1975-
Weldy, Lance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Boy-girls and girl-beasts: the gender paradox in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia / Susana Rodriguez. 10. Text and Contexts: 1. "Turkish delights and sardines with tea": food as a framework for exploring nationalism, gender, and religion in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe / Rachel Towns; 2. Scapegoating and collective violence in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / Melody Green -- Part II. Applications and Implications: 3. Moving beyond "all that rot": redeeming education in The Chronicles of Narnia / Keith Dorwick, 4. War and the liminal space: situating The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in the twentieth century narrative of trauma and survival / Nanette Norris; 5. C. S. Lewis's manifold mythopoeics: towards a reconsideration of eschatological time in the construction of The Chronicles of Narnia / Joseph Michael Sommers -- Part III. Adaptations and Mediations: 6. The author, the movie, and the marketing: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and early reader adaptations / Rhonda Brock-Servias and Matthew B. Prickett; 7. The lion, the witch, and the Wii: Lewis's theology in the Narnia video game / Aaron Clayton -- Part IV. Conflicts and Controversy: 8. Lewis and anti-Lewis: on the influence of The Chronicles of Narnia on His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman / Gili Bar-Hillel; 9. "Beautiful barbarians": anti-racism in The Horse and His Boy and other Chronicles of Narnia / Jennifer Taylor; 10. Boy-girls and girl-beasts: the gender paradox in C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia / Susana Rodriguez.

Summary:

"C. S. Lewis's seven-book series about the fictional land of Narnia has become an irrefutable classic. This collection of new, wide-ranging essays explores the past, present and future importance of the Narnia books, providing the most current, and some of the most cutting-edge, research about this popular fantasy series"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

New casebooks.

ISBN:

023030124X (hardback)
9780230301245 (hardback)
0230301258 (paperback)
9780230301252 (paperback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)795175311

LCCN:

2012032186

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)