Planets in Peril: Critical Study of C.S.Lewis's "Ransom" Trilogy - Hardcover

Downing, David C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870237748 ISBN 13: 9780870237744

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992

Synopsis

C.S. Lewis is perhaps best known for his popular series of children's books, "The Chronicles of Narnia" but he also wrote science fiction in the form of interplanetary fantasies - a series of three novels known as the "Ransom" trilogy. This book offers a critical assessment of that trilogy, placing the three volumes in the context of Lewis' life and work. The author 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.

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A critical study of C.S. Lewis's ransom trilogy. Not only the first book-length analysis of Lewis's three romances but also one of the best studies of Lewis to date.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870237748
• ISBN 13: 9780870237744
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192