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The Novels of Charles Williams: Available Copies

Paperback. Condition: NEAR FINE. Book is in excellent condition with very slight wear on cover. No markings. Crisp pages. Stiff spine. No obvious yellowing. From the cover: "The fanciful novels of Charles Williams have long fascinated a rather elite reading public. ."

Soft cover 1991 reprint of 1983 edition, fine condition, minimal shelf wear, inside pristine, no markings of any kind, appears unread.

Softcover. Good condition. Ex-library with standard stamps/labels/markings. Flyleaf has been ripped out. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

A highly useful critical guide to the seven supernatural and theological novels of Charles Williams, the poet, novelist, theologian and Inkling. Thomas Howard offers an accessible but serious introduction to Williams's distinctive imaginative world, illuminating the recurring themes of substitution, coinherence, spiritual warfare, love, evil, sanctity, myth, symbol and redemption. The study considers all seven novels: War in Heaven, Many Dimensions, The Place of the Lion, The Greater Trumps, Shadows of Ecstasy, Descent into Hell and All Hallows' Eve. Howard also places Williams's fiction within the tradition of the English novel and relates its extraordinary "metaphysical thriller" manner to the wider pattern of his theological and literary thought. Condition: Almost as new. A particularly desirable, apparently unread copy, clean, fresh and tightly bound, with no inscriptions, annotations or signs of handling noted. An excellent example of this sought-after Ignatius Press reprint. An important reference and companion for readers and collectors of Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, the Inklings, Christian fantasy, theological fiction and twentieth-century English literature. Free UK postage.

A Near Fine copy. With light soiling and shelf wear. Appears unread. Tight binding. Bright and crisp wraps. Unmarked internally. Remaindered on bottom edge. Nice edition.

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Paperback. New book. Previously published by Ignatius Press, 1991. This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon. 298 pp.

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Collectors copy - unread - like new Williams' metaphysical thrillers have long fascinated an elite reading public that includes T.S. Eliot W.H. Auden and C.S. Lewis. But his works are dense and perplexing and the meanings of his fiction are often elusive. Now Thomas Howard brilliantly illuminates the major concerns that informed all of Williams' thinking. | Pages: 0.

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Print on Demand pp. 298

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The fanciful novels of Charles Williams have long fascinated a rather elite reading public - T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, and C.S. Lewis, for example, were among his great admirers. But those books - which include 'The Place of the Lion', 'Descent into Hell', and 'All Hallows' Eve' - are also dense and perplexing, and even the writer's fondest devotees have found the meanings of his fiction elusive. Here at last is a clear and informed guide to the complexities and rich rewards of Charles Williams' novels.As Thomas Howard notes, Williams' tales might best be described as metaphysical thrillers, in which Williams used occult machinery in much the same way that Conrad used exotic locales and Joyce used the subconscious: to vivify human experience and awaken readers to its range and possibilities. One tale might feature a chase for the Holy Grail across Hertfordshire fields, while in another the picture may switch with no apology at all from a policeman at a crossroad to the Byzantine Emperor. As Howard lucidly demonstrates, the controlling factor behind Williams' work is an essentially Christian worldview in which heaven and hell seem to lurk under every bush and the constant theme is order versus disintegration.Concentrating on Williams' novels, Howard brilliantly illuminates the major concerns that informed all of Williams' thinking. Howard also considers Williams' work in the context of modern fictional practice and assesses its place in the tradition of the English language novel.

Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThe fanciful novels of Charles Williams have long fascinated a rather elite reading public - T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, and C.S. Lewis, for example, were among his great admirers. But those books - which include The Place of the Lio.