The Nuts of Narnia

If, in our current world, we live in a state where we, as subjects, are constantly separated from the objects we would know, and if this is indeed because we face a disconnection among matter, mind, and spirit, then the problem of thinking and experiencing, of abstract analysis and concrete awareness is clarified. - Starr

C.S. Lewis is most commonly known for the Chronicals of Narnia written between 1949 and 1954 which are a collection of books, seven, that follow the lives and experiences of four brothers and sister who travel to the land of Narnia and experiences different events and encounters. All four children do not appear in every book in the series and their roles vary depending on the novel. The books contain Christian ideas intended to be easily accessible to young readers. In addition to Christian themes, Lewis also borrows characters from Greek and Roman mythology as well as traditional British and Irish fairy tales. The representation of time in the book series is very prevalent especially when referencing terms like "it's always winter, never Christmas." Lewis references this idea and theme in several of the Narnia books series including The Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe, as well as the Silver Chair. Lewis also is able to show the importance of time when the young children travel back and worth between worlds. During certain time frames, the children are in Narna for hours, days, even years but when they return back home to England, no time has lapsed at all. In each of the Narnian Chronicles the same pattern appears, and each book ends with the restoration or renewal of good elements from the past.- Patterson. Lewis does a fine job of showing the transfromations and beliefs of the Christian ideas and thoughts through the representation of imagination and using vivid imagination and character roles.


Patterson, Nancy-Lou. "Always Winter and Never Christmas: Symbols of Time in Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia." Mythlore 18.1 (Autumn 1991): 10-14. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed. Tom Burns. Vol. 109. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 Apr. 2010.

Starr, Charlie W. "Meaning, meanings, and epistemology in C. S. Lewis." Mythlore 25.3-4 (2007): 161+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 19 Apr. 2010.

Major Nut Works

British author C.S. Lewis is accredited with several popular and distinguished works published during is writing career. The following are a list of his accumalative works. I am going to go into more detail about The Chronicles of Narnia and other works by the author in future posts.
Fiction
The Pilgrim's Regress (1933)
Space Trilogy
Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
Perelandra (aka Voyage to Venus) (1943)
That Hideous Strength (1946)
The Screwtape Letters (1942)
The Great Divorce (1945)
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
Prince Caspian (1951)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
The Silver Chair (1953)
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
The Magician's Nephew (1955)
The Last Battle (1956)
Till We Have Faces (1956)
Screwtape Proposes a Toast (1961) (an addition to The Screwtape Letters)
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964)
The Dark Tower (1977)
Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C. S. Lewis (ed. Walter Hooper, 1985)


Poetry
Spirits in Bondage (1919; published under pseudonym Clive Hamilton)
Dymer (1926; published under pseudonym Clive Hamilton)
Narrative Poems (ed. Walter Hooper, 1969; includes Dymer)
The Collected Poems of C. S. Lewis (ed. Walter Hooper, 1994; includes Spirits in Bondage)

Nonfiction
The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition (1936)
Rehabilitations and other essays (1939) — with two essays not included in Essay Collection (2000)
The Personal Heresy: A Controversy (with E. M. W. Tillyard, 1939)
The Problem of Pain (1940)
A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942)
The Abolition of Man (1943)
Beyond Personality (1944)
Miracles: A Preliminary Study (1947, revised 1960)
Arthurian Torso (1948; on Charles Williams's poetry)
Mere Christianity (1952; based on radio talks of 1941 – 1944)
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century Excluding Drama (1954); 1975 reprint ISBN 0198812981;
Major British Writers, Vol I (1954), Contribution on Edmund Spenser
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life (1955; autobiography)
Reflections on the Psalms (1958)
The Four Loves (1960)
Studies in Words (1960)
An Experiment in Criticism (1961)
A Grief Observed (1961; first published under the pseudonym «N. W. Clerk»)
They Asked for a Paper: Papers and Addresses(1962)
Selections from Layamon's Brut (ed. G L Brook, 1963 Oxford University Press) introduction
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1964)
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1966) — not included in Essay Collection (2000)
Spenser's Images of Life (ed. Alastair Fowler, 1967)
Letters to an American Lady (1967)
Christian Reflections (1967; essays and papers)
Selected Literary Essays (1969) — not included in Essay Collection (2000)
God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics (1970), = Undeceptions (1971) — all included in Essay Collection (2000)
Of Other Worlds (1982; essays) — with one essay not included in Essay Collection
Present Concerns (1986; essays)
All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922 – 27 (1993)
Essay Collection: Literature, Philosophy and Short Stories (2000)
Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church (2000)
Collected Letters, Vol. I: Family Letters 1905 – 1931 (2000)
Collected Letters, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts and War 1931 – 1949 (2004)
Collected Letters, Vol. III: Narnia, Cambridge and Joy 1950 – 1963 (2007)
The Business Of Heaven:Daily Readings From C. S. Lewis ed. Walter Hooper, 1984, Harvest Book, Harcourt, Inc.

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