The Way Into Narnia: A Reader's Guide

A Reader's Guide

By: Peter J. Schakel

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Paperback | 1 July 2005

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11 - 15

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How did C. S. Lewis, a middle-aged professor with no children, write books that have become classics of childrenbs literature? What is the best order for reading the Chronicles of Narnia? "The Way Into Narnia" is the introduction to the Chronicles that readers have been waiting for. It provides valuable guidance for first-time visitors to Narnia as well as fresh insights for those who have traveled there often.

Exploring ideas from bOn Fairy-Stories, b the influential essay by Lewisbs friend J. R. R. Tolkien, the book asserts that the best way to enter Narnia is to read the Chronicles as fairy-stories. Taking a chapter for each of the Chronicles, veteran Lewis scholar Peter Schakel walks readers through the works, concluding the tour with a unique and practical section of detailed notes on each of the Chronicles.

Clearly organized and readable, "The Way Into Narnia" is nevertheless packed with information and captivating ideas.

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"A perceptive and thorough reader's guide." - Publishers Weekly "In his clear book-by-book analysis of the Narnia Chronicles, Peter Schakel interprets them not as heavy-handed allegories but as sprightly fairy tales... Schakel also offers more than forty pages of immensely helpful annotations that illuminate obscure terms and historical allusions; this added blessing is itself worth the price of the book." - Ralph C Wood

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1900 to Current

The chronicles : the author and the books	p. 1
The story-maker and his stories	p. 3
Controversies over texts and reading order	p. 13
The chronicles as fairy tales	p. 23
The storytelling : fairy tale, fantasy, and myth	p. 25
Magic and meaning in The lion, the witch and the wardrobe	p. 39
Believing and seeing in Prince Caspian	p. 50
Longing and learning in The voyage of the "dawn treader"	p. 60
Freedom and obedience in The silver chair	p. 71
Place and personal identity in The horse and his boy	p. 82
Endings and beginnings in The magician's nephew	p. 94
Endings and transcendings in The last battle	p. 103
The stories told : fairy-land and its effects	p. 114
The chronicles : annotations	p. 119
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