List of Illustrations
Introduction: Confessions of a Reluctant Narniaphile
1. Endless Books: Herodotus to Robert Byron
2. 'It All [Perhaps] Began with a Picture': Narnia, Persian
Painting, and Pauline Baynes
3. East of the Wardrobe: The Manners and Customs of the Modern
Calormen
4. On Board the Dawn Treader: Epic Quests and Fabulous Voyages to
the East
5. Of This and Other Worlds: Portals and Alternative Time, from the
Wardrobe to the Qu'ran
6. Mere Christianity? Mere Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Sufism
as Well in Narnia
7. Farther Up and Farther In. Messages within, beyond, and east of
Narnia
Bibliography
Index
Warwick Ball is an archaeologist who has carried out excavations,
architectural studies, and monumental restoration in Afghanistan,
Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, and Ethiopia. His previous books include
Syria: An Architectural and Historical Guide, The Monuments of
Afghanistan, Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan, The
Archaeology of Afghanistan, The Eurasian Steppe: People, Movement,
Ideas, and Rome
in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, winner of the James
Henry Breasted History Prize.
"a complex, wide-ranging investigation" -- Mark Vernon, Church
Times
Ball's work highlights the breadth of intellectual and cultural
traditions that were available to writers of his generation.
*Greece & Rome*
The book's personal, digressive, and allusive qualities make it a
page turner and often sheer fun to read.
*Philip Irving Mitchell, Dallas Baptist University, TX , Mythopoeic
Society*
A highly enjoyable and eye-opening account of the myriad ways Lewis
was influenced by Eastern art, literature, and philosophy - and,
indeed, religion.
*Oliver Tearle, Interesting Literature*
A highly enjoyable and eye-opening account of the myriad ways Lewis
was influenced by Eastern art, literature, and philosophy -and,
indeed, religion.
*Interesting Literature*
The book's personal, digressive, and allusive qualities make it a
page turner and often sheer fun to read... Even those readers who
are simply interested in comparative literature can enjoy the
numerous possibilities on display. I think East of the Wardrobe
will be mined for all of these for some years to come.
*Philip Irving Mitchell, Mythlore*
East of the Wardrobe is as enjoyable as it is important...Laced
with Ball's humour and humanity, this book has something for every
reader.
*Frazer MacDiarmid, The Stimulus*
East of the Wardrobe is as enjoyable as it is important. Ball
betrays intimate familiarity with the Chronicles, undertaking
close-reading (even exegesis) of the texts that will delight Narnia
fans. Theologians will be fascinated by the variety of Eastern
concepts evident in books whose secrets were thought to be long
revealed... Even the endnotes were amusing and intriguing, with
many meriting footnote status. C. S. Lewis emerges as a more
complex and sympathetic author than commonly understood, whose
bibliophilia sparked a love of beautiful stories, regardless of
provenance. Laced with Ball's humour and humanity, this book has
something for every reader.
*The Stimulus*
REVIEW: Wesley A. Kort, Author of Reading C. S. Lewis, May 2024.
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