two notes about CS Lewis

[rwx]

Two interesting articles about CS Lewis and Narnia:

The Prisoner of Narnia from the New Yorker, and The Narnia Skirmishes from the New York Times.

I re-read the Narnia books recently, to get a feel for what they were about, I'm going to go and see the movie when it comes out. I hadn't read the Magician's Nephew previously, and I remember just being confused by the 6th book when I originally read it.

It's interesting, although the imagery that I completely missed when I was a kid now seems a little heavy-handed.

Comments

[bosstweed.livejournal.com]

The imagery bugged me too. The bits of the novel I found tiresome or boring as a child seemed to coincide with the thick laying-on of the religious symbolism.

[dirtwitch.livejournal.com]

Ditto.
Altho when I did read them, as a child, I was also roman catholic, and even struggling with that at the time. I rather 'glazed over' the religious bits, to try and enjoy the story.