{"product_id":"9780345498908","title":"Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAnderson, Douglas A.; Tolkien, J.R.R.; Stevenson, Robert Louis; Scott, Walter; Kipling, Rudyard\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDel Rey\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his acclaimed collection \u003ci\u003eTales Before Tolkien\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglas A. Anderson illuminated  the sources, inspirations, and influences that fired J.R.R. Tolkien’s genius. Now  Anderson turns his attention to Tolkien’s colleague and friend C. S. Lewis, whose  influence on modern fantasy, through his beloved Narnia books, is second only to  Tolkien’s own.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In many ways, Lewis’s influence has been even wider than Tolkien’s. 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 Lewis’s unique talent, among  them:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The Wood That Time Forgot: The Enchanted Wood,” taken from a never-before-published  fantasy by Lewis’s biographer and friend, Roger Lancelyn Green, that directly inspired  \u003ci\u003eThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe;\u003c\/i\u003e E. Nesbit’s 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Full of fascinating  insights into Lewis’s life and fiction, \u003ci\u003eTales Before Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of book that  will be treasured by children and adults alike and passed down lovingly from generation  to generation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDING SEVENTEEN MORE WORKS BY THE PROGENITORS OF MODERN FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Tegnér’s Drapa” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow\u003cbr\u003e “The Magic Mirror” by George MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e “Undine” by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué\u003cbr\u003e “Letters from Hell: Letter III” by Valdemar Thisted\u003cbr\u003e “Fastosus and Avaro” by John Macgowan\u003cbr\u003e “The Tapestried Chamber; or, The Lady in the Sacque” by Sir Walter Scott\u003cbr\u003e “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton” by Charles Dickens\u003cbr\u003e “The Child and the Giant” by Owen Barfield\u003cbr\u003e “A King’s Lesson” by William Morris\u003cbr\u003e “The Waif Woman: A Cue—From a Saga” by Robert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e “First Whisper of \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e” by Kenneth Grahame\u003cbr\u003e “The Wish House” by Rudyard Kipling\u003cbr\u003e “Et in Sempiternum Pereant” by Charles Williams\u003cbr\u003e “The Dragon’s Visit” by J.R.R. Tolkien\u003cbr\u003e “The Coloured Lands” by G. K. Chesterton\u003cbr\u003e “The Man Who Lived Backwards” by Charles F. Hall\u003cbr\u003e “The Dream Dust Factory” by William Lindsay Gresham","brand":"Del Rey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365821317375,"sku":"9780345498908","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780345498908_s600x595.jpg?v=1776096062","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780345498908","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}