SV: [HPforGrownups]OT: Oz is not Hogwarts

[Sara Ludwig]

No: HPFGUIDX 8357

Pagan/Christian
Susan, I see it like the two authors were a mixture, that in terms of religion history didn't exist yet. In the Inklings group they had a friend - a lawyer - who definitely was, I have forgotten his name and don't own the book I found it in, looked through it in a New Age book shop some time ago. I think the title was just The Inklings.
catrina




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  Från: Susan McGee 
  Till: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
  Skickat: den 2 januari 2001 04:45
  Ämne: [HPforGrownups] Re: OT: Oz is not Hogwarts


  --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> 
  wrote:
  > The following article is mainly a comparison of the Oz books
  > to Narnia, but it also mentions JKR and Harry.
  > 
  > http://salon.com/books/feature/2000/12/28/baum/index.html
  > 
  > I've been a devotee of Oz since practically infancy, but I have to
  > admit that the author has a point.  JKR's world, though darker and
  > more dangerous, makes for better literature.  And at least Harry's
  > friends are not in a rut like the unaging, unchanging Oz characters.
  > Harry *will* someday grow up, get married, and be DADA teacher,
  > and Hermione isn't condemmed to be a "little girl after all" 
  forever.
  > 
  > 
  > 
  >                                                  -- Dave


  Very interesting article, Dave, and not really off topic. I like Oz, 
  and love the movie, but don't really think the books are that good.
  The author makes the point that some don't take C.S. Lewis as 
  seriously because of the strong Christian content. Who else has read 
  Lewis' trilogy? -- Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous 
  Strength -- my favorite is Perelandra...  Lewis really highlights the 
  conflict between pagans and Christians, which I find quite 
  interesting...He basically says that paganism is passion without 
  morality, which of course is not exactly true. My personal opinion
  (which is controversial) is that Lewis and Tolkien were both pagans 
  at heart. 

  Anyway, the Narnia Chronicles are wonderful. My three year old loves 
  the books that are written (and gorgeously illustrated by Deborah 
  Maze) for kids aged 4 - 6, and we are slowly reading the Lion, the 
  Witch and the Wardrobe (original adult version) chapter by chapter.
  I can't decide which book is my favorite -- it's not the Silver Chair 
  or the Last Battle..that's as far as I have gotten.

  Anyway, despite JKR's repeated assertions that she was NOT influenced 
  by Tolkien, I think she has written a history of another world in the 
  same way JRRT did.

  Susan


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