"Narnia e Narni"
a book by
- Giuseppe Fortunati
Narnia e
Narni
From the History to the Fantasy
Discover the land of Narni(a)
Heos Editor
“Narnia and Narni, From the History to the Fantasy,” is the new book by Giuseppe
Fortunati (Heos Editor). The writer tells about why Clive Staples Lewis took the name
"Narnia" for his wonderful land. Narnia was, from 299 B.C., the Latin name of
Narni in Umbria .
In this book, Fortunati tells about Lewis, a teacher at Oxford and
Cambridge, and about Latin studies (Plinio the older, Plinio the younger, Tacito, etc.).
You can read as well about the ancient history that links Narnia and the old Roman
peoples, the medieval Narnia that gave Gattamelata a statue by Donatello at Padova town,
and the 20 governors of Firenze that came from Narnia, in the time of the Renaissance.
- “Narnia and Narni, From the History to the Fantasy,” is the new book by
Giuseppe Fortunati (Heos Editor). The writer explains the cultural background which led
Clive Staples Lewis to write “The Chronicles of Narnia” (which has been made
into a Disney motion picture under the same title, now showing worldwide) and why he chose
to call his wonderful land, where he situated his saga about the eternal struggle between
good and evil, “Narnia” . Narnia was, from 299 B.C., the Latin name of
present-day Narni in Umbria.
In this book, not only does Fortunati tells us how Lewis, a lecturer at Oxford and a professor at Cambridge, found his documentation on Narnia, but he has also consulted those Latin sources (Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, etc.) himself. "
the book is at the best Italian bookshops.
Heos Editrice 112 pages, 15,00 euros.
- ISBN: 8890225610
- And also from the internet
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