The Scientifiction Novels of C.S. Lewis: Space and Time in the Ransom StoriesMcFarland, 17 սեպ, 2014 թ. - 204 էջ Used by C.S. Lewis himself, the term "scientifiction" is revived here as it once encompassed not only what we call science fiction, but also that indeterminate field of the 1940s and 1950s sometimes referred to as science fantasy (leading up to Ray Bradbury), along with a portion of that great realm that has come, since the advent of The Lord of the Rings, to be called fantasy. Rather as an eighteenth-century novel may pre-date the divide between novel and romance, so C.S. Lewis's "interplanetary" novels may be considered to pre-date the modern divide between fantasy and science fiction and thus be thought of as "scientifictional" in nature. The stories dealt with are those in which Elwin Ransom is a character, the three usually called the "space trilogy": Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength--and the time-fragment entitled The Dark Tower. Lengthy chapters are devoted to each of the four Ransom stories. The book presents a study of Lewis, the nature of science fiction, the nature of Lewis's "Arcadian" science fiction and his (and its) place in English literary history. |
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... called science fantasy (which leads up to Ray Bradbury), and also a portion of that great realm that has come, since the advent of The Lord of the Rings, to be called fantasy. Rather as an eighteenth-century novel may predate the divide ...
... called “Cathedrals in Space.” Within this context, the Ransom stories are indeed a kind of science fiction. That they are space- and time-travel stories is, of course, not to be denied. There have been, indeed, other forms of syncretism ...
... called Arcadian. It may be asked, Why? Why that adjective? We most of us know—we think—what Arcady is. I am not sure we do. Yes, it has something to do with the shepherd's scene, the rural world, and especially (in Lewis's case) the ...
... book of four, to be chronologically (in Ransom's life) between Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra. The chapter following is called “Perelandra, or Paradise Retained,” covering that book as the second in the 4 Preface.
... called a vascular da Gama. Of course, eighteenth-century men were not confined to the eighteenth century. They did not read only eighteenth-century literature. They also (Dr. Johnson being the indication) read Shakespeare and Sidney and ...
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Malacandra or SpaceTravel Out of the Silent Planet | 31 |
The Dark Tower or An Exchange in Time | 57 |
Perelandra or Paradise Retained | 85 |
Lewiss Arcadian Science Fiction | 135 |
Bibliography | 183 |
Index | 191 |