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Cargando... Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy (1992)por David C. Downing
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is an excellent discussion in depth of the Ransom trilogy, relating each of the books to an over-all theme of Lewis and showing how the novels fit into Lewis’s theological writings. Downing traces many of the forms and ideas of other science fiction writers that influenced Lewis style and also illuminates the allegorical aspects of the trilogy. Not only did this study add depth to my interest and understanding of the three novels it also added insights into some of Lewis’s other works. Lewis’s writings deserve thoughtful study and consideration to gain the benefits he offers to the reader and Downing’s analysis is a pleasurable way to approach this understanding. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Literary scholar, novelist, and Christian apologist, C.S. Lewis was a remarkable and enigmatic man. He is perhaps best known today for his popular series of children's books, the Chronicles of Narnia, which continue to sell more than a million copies a year. He also wrote science fiction in the form of interplanetary fantasies - a series of three novels known as the Ransom Trilogy. This book offers the first full-length critical assessment of that trilogy, placing the three volumes in the context of Lewis's life and work. David C. Downing reveals the autobiographical and theological subtexts of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength, showing as well how much Lewis the classical and medieval scholar influenced the work of Lewis the creator of interplanetary fantasies. Downing also examines the chief imaginative and intellectual sources of the trilogy and addresses persistent issues raised by reviewers and critics: Was Lewis's lifelong devotion to fantasy a mark of intellectual independence or a case of "arrested emotional development"? Were his views on women sexist, even misogynist? How much of his critique of modern science and technology was well informed and how much the result of prejudice or habitual suspicion of all things modern? A brief appendix on "The Dark Tower" fragment provides what background is known about this mysterious document, summarizes the story as far as Lewis developed it, and comments on how this unfinished work fits in with the Ransom books published during Lewis's lifetime. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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