Description:
A critical study of C.S. Lewis's "Ransom Trilogy" which analyses Lewis's methods and meanings, concentrating on this trilogy but also including relevant secondary work. Lewis's literary scholarship and display of Christian values are incorporated into this discussion.
Review Quotes:
"Downing brings to this guide a thorough knowledge of Lewis. He has read all Lewis's works, the critical and theological as well as the literary, and he knows the modern interpretations, which he uses sparingly but to good effect. Most especially he knows Lewis's biography."--Michael Murrin, Christianity and Literature
"Reading Planets in Peril not only confirmed my first impression; it deepened it. Downing, professor of English at Westmont College in California, has written a very good book on Lewis's story of Elwin Ransom. . . . [A] fine addition to my shelves."--George Musacchio, The Lamp-Post of the Southern California C.S. Lewis Society