Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis, (Paperback)

from MyopicBookworm

Rarely has a book of literary criticism so gripped me. I found it fascinating and wished it had been longer. Ward's thesis seems at first sight to be far-fetched: linking the seven books of the Narnia Chronicles to the seven "planets" of medieval cosmology (Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venu...

from remikit

I recommend this book to lovers of Narnia and English Majors. He puts together a well thought out analysis of CS Lewis use of Medieval cosmology in the Narnian Chronicles and also discusses how it plays out in the Sci Trilogy - Perelandria through That Hideous Strength.

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I found this fascinating and reasonably persuasive. The most interesting bit for me was getting an introduction to medieval cosmology.

from DinadansFriend

A serious discussion of the Narnia and Perelandria novels in the light of the medieval literature that Lewis was involved with. Sometimes tedious, but full of useful cross references to the cosmology of the Seven planets known to the medieval mind. There is no hard science here, but a good deal o...

from Chris_El

This book is a bit dense. Written in the style one would propound to a college class rather than for the general public. If you are interested in learning more about C.S Lewis this is not the book to check out. This is a scholarly analysis of the middle ages spiritual view of the heavens and how ...