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ISBN: 1556355483

ISBN13: 9781556355486

Past Watchful Dragons: The Narnian Chronicles of C. S. Lewis

Name: If you get &#39;Past Watchful Dragons&#39;, the riches of C.S. Lewis&#39;s imagination and secret journals await
Item: Past Watchful Dragons: The Narnian Chronicles of C. S. Lewis
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By Walter Hooper

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""I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralysed much of my own religion in childhood. Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that one was told one ought to. An obligation to feel can freeze feelings. And reverence itself did harm. The whole subject was associated with lowered voices, almost as if it were something medical. But supposing that by casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday school associations, one could make them for the first time appear in their real potency? Could one not steal past those watchful dragons? I thought one could."" --C. S. Lewis on The Chronicles of Narnia

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1556355483

ISBN13:9781556355486

Release Date:August 2007

Publisher:Wipf & Stock Publishers

Length:156 Pages

Weight:0.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 5.8" x 8.4"

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Rated 5 stars
If you get 'Past Watchful Dragons', the riches of C.S. Lewis's imagination and secret journals await

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 14, 2006

'Past Watchful Dragons' is a book about the inspiration behind C.S. Lewis's 'The Cronicles of Narnia' classic stories. Many may believe that the books are based on stories from 'The Bible'. Indeed they could be, but then again purhaps not. All books are open to interpretation, however Walter Hooper thinks differently. He certainly has some valid reasons for what he believes, and I agree with him. Before reading this book I...

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Rated 5 stars
For all friends of Narnia!

By Thriftbooks.com User, August 6, 2004

I love this little book. Besides having my favorite title of all-time for any book, it provides a lot of wonderful insight into CS Lewis' background and experience that led to him writing The Chronicles of Narnia. The title comes from the folowing Lewis quote: "I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralyzed much of my own religion since childhood. Why did one find it so...

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Rated 4 stars
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By Thriftbooks.com User, July 8, 2001

This book was exceptional and very helpful. I recommend it to anyone looking for more information about the Chronicles of Narnia or just as refernce. I have read all the books and this is truly informative and special. Every Narnia fan should try to get this book. I alsorecommend Paul F. Ford's-Companion to Narnia, it is 5 stars and is a good refernce encyclopedia about everything thing you need to know about Narnia and has...

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