Monthly Archives: June 2008

C.S. Lewis and the Fairy Tale of Narnia

In the essay, Sometimes Fairy Stories Sometimes Says What’s Best to be Said, C.S. Lewis mulls on the reason for the Form that was taken by the Narnia stories. He opines “[t]hen came the Form. As these images formed themselves … Continue reading

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The coldness of Narnia

There appear to be two sorts of women portrayed by Narnia. The first, whom CS Lewis appears to prefer, is the stoical, non-sexual, almost Alice-like woman such as Lucy or Polly in the Magician’s Nephew (MN). She is perhaps the … Continue reading

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The Lion, the Witch and the Domain Name: CS Lewis Ltd takes on family for .mobi

The Guardian has a short piece on the CS Lewis literary estate, CS Lewis Ltd, who have sent the Saville-Smith family a 128 page legal dossier over their buying of the .mobi domain for Narnia.  Their claim is that he … Continue reading

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