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C. S. Lewis' influences

C. S. Lewis' influences

Postby 09ahende » December 8th, 2006, 5:47 pm

i am currently writing a paper on C. S. Lewis. I am trying to prove that his works were greatly affected by the environment he grew up in. i am thinking that when he wrote the The chronicles of narnia, he was creating an alternate reality that was going through a war, like World War I. Am i alone in this assumption? Are there any sources that support me? please respond if you have any info or sources. Any thing would help
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Postby Sven » December 8th, 2006, 8:20 pm

Welcome, 09ahende!

Sorry, but I think you're on the wrong track. The movie version gives a mild impression that there a thematic link between the events in the first of the Narnia books and the World War, but that isn't the sort of thing Lewis was trying to accomplish. The most accessible source for his intentions for you would be his essay 'On Three Ways of Writing for Children', which is collected in the books Of Other Worlds, or Of This and Other Worlds, or On Stories. There is also some helpful things in his letters. If you are in United Kingdom you may have access to volume 3 of the Collected Letters where you can find something of aid via the Index. Unfortunately, if you are in the US, volume 3 has not been released here yet.

Hope this helps.

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