Adam Ferguson at Baker Books contacted us with information about Mr. Devin Brown’s companion comentary in the Inside Narnia series: Inside Prince Caspian
Here is what he said:
Prince Caspian, the highly anticipated second film in the Narnia series, releases in two weeks. The first movie in the series – The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe – brought in over $740 million worldwide and boosted Narnia-related book sales tremendously. Not surprisingly, many commentaries hit bookshelves surrounding its release. Some did poorly while others did quite well.
One of the titles that did well was Dr. Devin Brown’s “Inside Narnia: A Guide to Exploring The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.” Brown, a Lilly scholar and professor of English at Asbury College, wrote a follow-up commentary in anticipation of the upcoming film, “Inside Prince Caspian: A Guide To Exploring The Return To Narnia,” January 2008.
Brown takes readers through Prince Caspian chapter by chapter, illuminating the features of C. S. Lewis’s writing, providing supplemental information on Lewis’s life and other books, offering comments and opinions from other Lewis scholars, and uncovering the work’s rich meanings.
Note: NarniaFans readers can find Claire’s interview with Devin Brown as well as my “Tumnus’s Bookshelf” book review of his new book inside Prince Caspian in our January archives. The book is well worth the read and a wonderful edition to any ones Narnia library.