![]() In keeping with the theme of the 12th Annual C. What is needed is a comprehensive look at these issues. Lewis’s supporters have often done little more than provide knee-jerk reactions to these attacks. Pullman’s outburst is typical in that 1) it is a hit-and-run assault rather than a fair investigation, 2) it fails to cite any actual writing by Lewis, 3) it ignores any material which would contradict it, and 4) its summary of what actually happens in the stories is inaccurate. Pullman’s tirade is typical of the attacks on Lewis’s position on race and gender in the Chronicles of Narnia, attacks which began around twenty years ago and continue to pop up every now and then. One girl was sent to hell because she was getting interested in clothes and boys.” “It is monumentally disparaging of girls and women,” Pullman claims. The headline in the Jissue of The Guardian boldly announced, “Narnia books attacked as racist and sexist.” In the article we find several scathing pronouncements about the Narnia series from author Philip Pullman. ![]() ![]() Lewis and Inklings SocietyĪre The Chronicles of Narnia Sexist and Racist? ![]() Given as the Keynote Address at The 12th Annual Conference of The C. ![]()
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