I've never read literary criticism outside college before, but I started Laura Miller's The Magician's Book after someone I worked with highly recommended it. We were having a conversation about what it's like to have grown up on Narnia books, and then become disillusioned with them as adults who see the symbolism more clearly. My coworker told me Laura Miller had a similar experience: love, hate, love.
I haven't finished the book yet, but I appreciate the author's fondness for the series, as well as her honesty about its faults. She's not overly sentimental about C.S. Lewis and doesn't treat him like a saint, but at the same time, her tone isn't terribly bitter. She loved these books as a child and she wants to love them again.
I never thought I'd be able to read literary criticism and be into it like this. But this is kind of fun. Has anyone else read this book?
I haven't finished the book yet, but I appreciate the author's fondness for the series, as well as her honesty about its faults. She's not overly sentimental about C.S. Lewis and doesn't treat him like a saint, but at the same time, her tone isn't terribly bitter. She loved these books as a child and she wants to love them again.
I never thought I'd be able to read literary criticism and be into it like this. But this is kind of fun. Has anyone else read this book?
