{"product_id":"book-d8ob","title":"Planet Narnia","description":"For over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganized \u003ci\u003eChronicles of Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In \u003ci\u003ePlanet Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on the whole range of Lewis's writings, Ward reveals how the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets—Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn—planets which Lewis described as \"spiritual symbols of permanent value.\" Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the \u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e so that in each book the plot-line, the ornamental details, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlanet Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking study that will provoke a major revaluation not only of the \u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, but of Lewis's whole literary and theological outlook.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49377526055216,"sku":"BDd8ob","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49377526087984,"sku":"ZEd8ob","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49377526120752,"sku":"ZMd8ob","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d8ob-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779229081","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d8ob","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}