C. S. Lewis's Perelandra

Reshaping the Image of the Cosmos
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-60635-183-3
Verlag: Kent State University Press

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

C. S. Lewis considered his novel <em>Perelandra</em> (1943) among his favorite works. A triumph of imaginative science fiction writing, <em>Perelandra</em> part of Lewis's Space Trilogy is also theologically ambitious. <em>C. S. Lewis’s </em>Perelandra<em>: Reshaping the Image of the Cosmos</em> argues that point and also how the novel synthesises the three traditions of cosmology, mythology, and Christianity. The first group of essays considers the cosmological implications of the world Lewis depicts in <em>Perelandra</em> while the second group examines the relationship between morality and meaning in Lewis's created cosmology of the world of <em>Perelandra</em>.<br><br>This work brings together a world-class group of literary and theological scholars and Lewis specialists that includes Paul S. Fiddes, Monika B. Hilder, Sanford Schwartz, Michael Travers, and Michael Ward. The collection is enhanced by Walter Hooper's reminiscences of his conversations with Lewis about <em>Perelandra</em> and the possible provenance of the stories in Lewis's imagination.<br><br>C. S. Lewis scholars and devoted readers alike will find this volume indispensible to the understanding of this canonical work of speculative fiction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolfe, Brendan

Wolfe, Judith

Über Autor(innen)

<strong>Judith Wolfe</strong> teaches theology at St. John's College, Oxford University, UK. She is the general editor of <em>The Journal of Inkling Studies</em> and coeditor of <em>C. S. Lewis and the Church, </em>as well as a contributor to numerous publications on Lewis, including the <em>Cambridge Companion to C.S. Lewis.</em><br><br><strong>Brendan Wolfe</strong> is a past president and secretary of the Oxford C. S. Lewis Society and Executive Editor of the <em>Journal of Inklings Studies.</em> A DPhil candidate in church history at Oxford Universty, he is a regular contributor to the <em>Bryn Mawr Classical Review</em> and is coeditor of <em>C. S. Lewis and the Church.</em>