{"product_id":"east-of-the-wardrobe-the-unexpected-worlds-of-c-s-lewis-9780197626252","title":"East of the Wardrobe: The Unexpected Worlds of C. S. Lewis","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA fascinating look at the rich but under-appreciated Eastern sources behind the Narnia book\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eC. S. Lewis was no great traveller but he was a prodigious bibliophile who absorbed the world's traditions of myth, religion, and cosmology. \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicles of Narnia\u003c\/em\u003e are steeped in allusions to the Bible, Greek mythology, and medieval literature, all of which has been amply discussed by critics. But, until now, what has been overlooked are Lewis' significant borrowings from Eastern influences: \u003cem\u003eArabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e and the Persian poets, great travellers from Herodotus and Marco Polo to T. E. Lawrence and Robert Byron, and the famous fictional adventurers Baron Munchausen, Gulliver, and Sindbad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eEast of the Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e, Warwick Ball explores hitherto unrecognised and unexpected Eastern aspects in and influences on C. S. Lewis' Narnia books. These include storylines, themes, imagery, religious elements, and even the cities and landscapes of the East, as well as the 'Persian' style adopted by the illustrator of Narnia, Pauline Baynes. Themes borrowed from the great epics can also be found, from \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003eKalevala\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Knight in the Panther's Skin\u003c\/em\u003e. Delve deeper and Christianity is there along with paganism, but so too are Zoroastrian, Manichaean, and even Islamic and Sufi messages. Ultimately, these influences act as a reflection of the complex intellectual world that Lewis inhabited, of both his own unique philosophy and the wider social and intellectual climate of Oxford in the first half of the twentieth century. All readers of Lewis will find in \u003cem\u003eEast of the Wardrobe\u003c\/em\u003e surprising new paths into the world of Narnia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warwick Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197626252","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43424207995017,"sku":"9780197626252","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4fc3d66f-2cda-40e4-9c99-f466a406f9b2.jpg?v=1741077394","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/east-of-the-wardrobe-the-unexpected-worlds-of-c-s-lewis-9780197626252","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}