The Magical Worlds of Narnia [antikvár]

INTkqduc HONlyrany people hear about Narnia without learning it has i 1 what C. S. Lewis called a 'hidden story'. After reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, or seeing one of its many film adaptations, they may be told the big secret. A brother or sister or friend says, 'Could you tell it was all about God?' But for anyone who looks into it, there's another surprise to follow: the big secret is wrong. The Chronicles are not all about God. They're about medieval literature, and British politics, and inside jokes and a long list of other things, the most important of which is C. S. Lewis himself.The older sister who gave me the Chronicles didn't mention religion until I had finished the first six books. Although I'd recognized some of it in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, I'd missed all the rest. That's exactly what Lewis intended. He wanted readers to be so caught up in the story that they don't think about what they're reading. Instead he wanted them to feel it, to experience religion as an emotion rather than an idea.The fairy-tale animals and witches of Narnia are more than calculated ploys to make the Bible more appealing. Lewis believed fairy tales and religion were naturally connected. He saw myths and legends as a step in humankind's development