C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

Peter Schakel (Hope College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1950 - 1956

Places

Northern Ireland (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Allegory
Novel
Children's Literature
- Young Adult

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The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy stories for children by C. S. Lewis. The best-known and most influential of his writings, they outsell the rest of his works combined, with millions of copies in print. Regarded as classics by many authorities on children's literature, they are read and loved by college students and other adults as well as by children and adolescents. Their popularity is probably not just a passing thing, moreover. Most Lewis scholars consider the Chronicles the mostly likely of Lewis's works to endure.

The earliest books in the series focus on the four Pevensie children. In the first and most famous, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy enter the land of Narnia through a magic wardrobe. They lead the Narnians (who

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Citation: Schakel, Peter. "The Chronicles of Narnia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 June 2003 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=12382, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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