Into the Wardrobe Narnia : Chronicles (Record no. 40061)

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ISBN 9780787978907
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ISBN 0787978906
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ISBN 9780470248393
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ISBN 0470248394
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 823
Item number DOW
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Personal name Downing, David C.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Into the Wardrobe Narnia : Chronicles
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication San Francisco :
Name of publisher Jossey-Bass,
Year of publication ©2005.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xvii, 238 pages ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The life of C.S. Lewis --<br/>The genesis of Narnia --<br/>The spiritual vision of the Narnia chronicles --<br/>Moral psychology --<br/>Classical and medieval elements --<br/>What's in a Narnian name? --<br/>Lewis's literary artistry.
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Summary, etc Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature as "the most sustained achievement in fantasy for children by a 20th-century author." But how could Lewis (a formidable critic, scholar, and Christian apologist)conjure up the kind of adventures in which generations of children (and adults) take such delight? In this engaging and insightful book, C. S. Lewis expert David C. Downing invites readers to join his vivid exploration of the Chronicles of Narnia, offering a detailed look at the enchanting stories themselves and also focusing on the extraordinary intellect and imagination of the man behind the Wardrobe.<br/>Downing presents each Narnia book as its own little wardrobe - each tale an opportunity to discover a visionary world of bustling vitality, sparkling beauty, and spiritual clarity. And Downing's examination of C. S. Lewis's personal life shows how the content of these classic children's books reflects Lewis's love of wonder and story, his affection for animals and homespun things, his shrewd observations about human nature, along with his vast reading, robust humor, theological speculations, medieval scholarship, and arcane linguistic jokes. A fun glossary of odd and invented words will allow readers to speak with Narnian flair, regaling friends and family with unusual words like cantrips, poltoonery, hastilude, and skirling. A masterful work that will appeal to both new and seasoned fans of Narnia, Into the Wardrobe offers a journey beyond Narnia's deceptively simple surface and into its richly textured and unexpected depths.
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Topical Term Lewis, C. S. -- (Clive Staples), -- 1898-1963. -- Chronicles of Narnia.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Lending Books
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Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Stacks 01/01/2005 Donation 1177.60 823 DOW 011637 Lending Books

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