Author: WARD, MICHAEL.
Title: Planet Narnia. The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S.Lewis.
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. 9780195313871. "Ward reveals how the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets = Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus and Saturn..Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the Chronicles so that in each book the plot-line, the ornamental details, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality.." Pp.xvi/347, 23 black & white plates. Black cloth, dustwrapper with minor edge wear. VG/VG.

Keywords: Ward Planet Narnia Seven Heavens Imagination C S Lewis Chronicles Narnia Planets Jupiter Mars Sol Luna Mercury Venus Saturn Symbolic Coherence Cosmology Aslan Christ Kappa Literature Theology 42836 Spirituality


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