{"product_id":"narrative-poems-paperback","title":"Narrative Poems (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eC.S. Lewis enjoyed both stories and poetry. His narrative poems combine his gift in story-telling with his skills as a poet. The four pieces in this book are the only narrative poems by Lewis known to be in existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n          \u003cp\u003eThe poems are full of Lewis's romantic imagination; they display his love and knowlege of classic mythology and his own mastery of the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n          \u003cp\u003eDymer (1926)\u003cbr\u003e* Launcelot (?early 1930s)\u003cbr\u003e* The Nameless Isle (1930)\u003cbr\u003e* The Queen of Drum (1938)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n          \u003cp\u003e'Dymer' was begun by Lewis as a story in prose and the original idea had 'come to him' at the age of 17. It tells the story of a man who begets a monster. The monster kills his father and becomes a god.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n          \u003cp\u003e'Launcelot' is based on the legend of King Arthur and the Holy Grail and 'The Nameless Isle' is the story of a shipwrecked mariner and his adventures on a magic island.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n          \u003cp\u003e'The Queen of Drum' tells of an old pompous king and his young queen who eventually has to choose between heaven, hell and fairyland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C. S. Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67653112398002,"sku":"9780006278375","price":240.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9780006278375.jpg?v=1791425596","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/narrative-poems-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}