{"product_id":"studies-in-twentieth-century-british-literature-karen-marguerite-radell-9781433118173","title":"The Feminine Ethos in C. S. Lewis\u0026#700;s Chronicles of Narnia: Preface by Elizabeth Baird Hardy","description":"C. S. Lewis, fantasy novelist, literary scholar, and Christian apologist, is one of the most original and well-known literary figures of the twentieth century. As one who stood at the crossroads of Edwardian and modern thinking, he is often read as a sexist or even misogynistic man of his time, but this fresh rereading assesses Lewis as a prescient thinker who transformed typical Western gender paradigms. \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Ethos in C. S. Lewis's\u003c\/i\u003e 'Chronicles of Narnia' proposes that Lewis's highly nuanced metaphorical view of gender relations has been misunderstood precisely because it challenges Western chauvinist assumptions on sex and gender. Instead of perpetuating sexism, Lewis subverts the culturally inherited chauvinism of masculine classical heroism with the biblically inspired vision of a surprisingly feminine spiritual heroism. His view that we are all feminine in relation to the masculine God - a theological feminism that crosses gender lines - means that qualities we tend to consider to be feminine, such as humility, are the qualities essential to being fully human. This book's theoretical framework is Lewis's own, grounded in his view of biblical thinking, as he was informed by writers such as Milton, Wordsworth, and George MacDonald, and in terms of the uniquely progressive implications for twentieth-first century cultural studies. This highly insightful and entertaining study of theological feminism in Lewis's \u003ci\u003eChronicles of Narnia\u003c\/i\u003e will be compelling for anyone interested in children's and fantasy literature, Inklings scholarship, gender discourse, ethical and spiritual discourse, literature and theology, and cultural studies in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Marguerite Radell, Monika Hilder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1433118173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433118173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Karen Marguerite Radell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123575517439,"sku":"9781433118173","price":101.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb91bd19-0927-43b8-803f-7c719e8d2166.jpg?v=1687431659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/studies-in-twentieth-century-british-literature-karen-marguerite-radell-9781433118173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}