{"product_id":"tales-before-narnia-the-roots-of-modern-fantasy-and-science-fiction-0345498909","title":"Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0345498909\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stevenson, Robert Louis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his acclaimed collection Tales Before Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson illuminated the sources, inspirations, and influences that fired J.R.R. Tolkiens genius. Now Anderson turns his attention to Tolkiens colleague and friend C. S. Lewis, whose influence on modern fantasy, through his beloved Narnia books, is second only to Tolkiens own.In many ways, Lewiss influence has been even wider than Tolkiens. For in addition to the Narnia series, Lewis wrote groundbreaking works of science fiction, urban fantasy, and religious allegory, and he came to be regarded as among the most important Christian writers of the twentieth century. It will come as no surprise, then, that such a wide-ranging talent drew inspiration from a variety of sources. Here are twenty of the tributaries that fed Lewiss unique talent, among them:The Wood That Time Forgot: The Enchanted Wood, taken from a never-before-published fantasy by Lewiss biographer and friend, Roger Lancelyn Green, that directly inspired The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; E. Nesbits charming The Aunt and Amabel, in which a young girl enters another world by means of a wardrobe; The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen, featuring the abduction of a young boy by a woman as cruel as she is beautiful; and many more, including works by Charles Dickens, Kenneth Grahame, G. K. Chesterton, and George MacDonald, of whom Lewis would write, I have never concealed the fact that I regarded him as my master.Full of fascinating insights into Lewiss life and fiction, Tales Before Narnia is the kind of book that will be treasured by children and adults alike and passed down lovingly from generation to generation.INCLUDING SEVENTEEN MORE WORKS BY THE PROGENITORS OF MODERN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION:Tegnérs Drapa by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Magic Mirror by George MacDonaldUndine by Friedrich de la Motte FouquéLetters from Hell: Letter III by Valdemar ThistedFastosus and Avaro by John MacgowanThe Tapestried Chamber; or, The Lady in the Sacque by Sir Walter ScottThe Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton by Charles DickensThe Child and the Giant by Owen BarfieldA Kings Lesson by William MorrisThe Waif Woman: A Cue-From a Saga by Robert Louis StevensonFirst Whisper of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Wish House by Rudyard KiplingEt in Sempiternum Pereant by Charles WilliamsThe Dragons Visit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Coloured Lands by G. K. ChestertonThe Man Who Lived Backwards by Charles F. HallThe Dream Dust Factory by William Lindsay Gresham\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51738846560544,"sku":"NEW0345498909","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81_0wXS-02L.jpg?v=1779614232","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/tales-before-narnia-the-roots-of-modern-fantasy-and-science-fiction-0345498909","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}