Narnia! Narnia! Narnia! (oh, and some Christmas tunes)

[hummingwolf]

For all the people preparing themselves for the Narnia film by immersing themselves in Lewisiana: Rilstone's blog has one of the most sensible articles I've seen anywhere recently on C.S. Lewis's ideas as expressed in Narnia books: Lipstick on My Scholar. Oh, and returning to Lewis' views of Disney, check out the quotes here. I wish Rilstone had included a source for that last quote, though; I can't remember seeing it in any of the CSL stuff I've read.

Interested parties who have not yet read Prisoner of Narnia from the New Yorker probably should. And then you should argue with it, preferably using Lewis' own words.

Edit: via musesfool we have this from the Chronicle of Higher Education: For the Love of Narnia.

From last year, a not-too-distantly-related post from Slacktivist on Christian Entertainment. While at Slacktivist, check out the recent entries about Christmas music. They're not related to Narnia, but they are fun.

Comments

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how I could get to be a part of the Lion Party, but it does sound like fun. :-)

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

Not knowing much of Lewis-I liked the well written "Prisoner of Narnia". What issues did you take with it? Curious!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Well-written articles are always the most fun to argue with, don't you think?

I forget what I wanted (someone else) to argue about. Maybe I should re-read the essay this weekend and write a post about it. I probably won't, but it's a thought!

[iresprite.livejournal.com]

ooh. ooh. Really like For Love of Narnia. Thanks for the linkage!

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome!

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks so much for the links, HW!! I've sent them to everyone I know. As a longtime Lewis fan, you know I'm a bit skeered about the movies...but I'm holding tight to my shreds of faith. :-D

Your Old Pal Jenny *kisses*

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Aww, don't be skeered about the movies. Be skeered about the plush toys that are part of the marketing!

[pnksaph.livejournal.com]

I just spent about an hour reading the links, and then the links from the links. All very interesting.

Thanks.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yep, this is a good time to be a C.S. Lewis fan. :-)