C. S. Lewis’s Perelandra : Reshaping the Image of the Cosmos / edited by Judith Wolfe and Brendan Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolfe, B. N. (Brendan N.), editor of compilation.

Wolfe, Judith, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

a Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Perelandra.

a Lewis, C. S.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first single-volume study of an important Lewis novel C. S. Lewis considered his novel Perelandra (1943) among his best works. A triumph of imaginative science fiction, Perelandra--the second volume of Lewis's "Space Trilogy"--is also theologically ambitious. C. S. Lewis's Perelandra: Reshaping the Image of the Cosmos explores how the novel synthesizes the three traditions of cosmology, mythology, and Christianity. The first group of essays considers the cosmological implications of the world Lewis depicts in Perelandra while the second group examines the relationship between morality and meaning in Lewis's created cosmology of the planet Perelandra. This work brings together a world-class group of literary and theological scholars and Lewis specialists that includes Paul S. Fiddes, Monika B. Hilder, Sanford Schwartz, Michael Travers, and Michael Ward. The collection is enhanced by Walter Hooper's reminiscences of his conversations with Lewis about Perelandra and the possible provenance of the stories in Lewis's imagination. C. S. Lewis scholars and devoted readers alike will find this volume indispensible to the understanding of this canonical work of speculative fiction.

Contents:

Introduction: the Scope & Vision of this Study / Judith Wolfe

C.S. Lewis and the Anthropological Approach / Walter Hooper

THE PERELANDRAN COSMOS. Voyage to Venus: Lewis' Imaginative Path to Perelandra / Michael Ward

'For the Dance all Things Were Made': The Great Dance in C.S. Lewis' Perelandra / Paul S. Fiddes

Perelandra in its Own Time: A Modern View of the Space Trilogy / Sanford Schwartz

Surprised by the Feminine: A Re-reading of Gender Discourse in C.S. Lewis' Perelandra / Monika B. Hilder

The Centre and the Rim: Inversions of the System of the Heavens in Perelandra and the Discarded Image / Nikolay Epplee

MORALITY & MEANING IN PERELANDRA. Perelandran Diction: A Study in Meaning / Tami van Opstal

Myth, Pluralism, and Choice: Perelandra and Lewis on Religious Truth / Meriel Patrick

Frightful Freedom: Perelandra as Imaginative Theodicy / Bruce R. Johnson

Free to Fall: The Moral Ground of Events on Perelandra / Michael Travers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61277-719-8

OCLC:

867740639