Paths in the Snow explores the literary echoes and allusions found in C.S. Lewis’ beloved novel, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Stories, myths, and literary texts played a central part in Lewis’ religious life: he was a professor of literature whose return to Christianity happened when he came to believe that the faith story
it offered was a “true myth” created by God. Tracing the literary echoes and
sources can help us venture in Lewis’ own mind-set, exploring the spiritual
meanings of the magical world Narnia. Jem Bloomfield’s fascinating study proceeds chapter by chapter through The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, demonstrating a literary and spiritual depth to Narnia’s fantasy world which may not have been noticed at first reading