{"product_id":"milton-spenser-and-the-chronicles-of-narnia-literary-sources-for-the-c-s-lewis-novels","title":"Milton, Spenser and The Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis Novels","description":"\u003cp\u003e In 1950, Clive Staples Lewis published the first in a series of children's stories that became \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e. The now vastly popular \u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e are a widely known testament to the religious and moral principles that Lewis embraced in his later life. What many readers and viewers do not know about the \u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e is that a close reading of the seven-book series reveals the strikingly effective influences of literary sources as diverse as George MacDonald's fantastic fiction and the courtly love poetry of the High Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Arguably the two most influential sources for the series are Edmund Spenser's \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queen\u003c\/i\u003e and John Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e. Lewis was so personally intrigued by these two particular pieces of literature that he became renowned for his scholarly studies of both Milton and Spenser. This book examines the important ways in which Lewis so clearly echoes \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, and how the elements of each work together to convey similar meanings. Most specifically, the chapters focus on the telling interweavings that can be seen in the depiction of evil, female characters, fantastic and symbolic landscapes and settings, and the spiritual concepts so personally important to C.S. Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Baird Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e is an English instructor at Mayland Community College in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, where she was chosen as the 2006 outstanding faculty member. She lives in western North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328220107026,"sku":"9780786428762","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7bdebd7c-91fc-4ea8-8e2a-6c743265b0fd.jpg?v=1727731723","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/milton-spenser-and-the-chronicles-of-narnia-literary-sources-for-the-c-s-lewis-novels","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}