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Planet narnia : the seven heavens in the imagination of C.S. Lewis
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Michael, 1968- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lewis, C. S.
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Religion.
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Knowledge--Cosmology, Medieval.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 347 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Michael Ward argues that medieval cosmology, a subject that fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven Narnia novels. He shows that Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets, described by Lewis as 'spiritual symbols of permanent value'.
- Contents:
- Silence
- The planets
- Jupiter
- Mars
- Sol
- Luna
- Mercury
- Venus
- Saturn
- Primum mobile
- The music of the spheres
- Coda.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-804280-9
- OCLC:
- 1336403476
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