Tales Before NarniaBy: J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling In his acclaimed collection Tales Before Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson illuminated the sources, inspirations, and influences that fired J. R. R. Tolkiens genius. Now Anderson turns his attention to Tolkiens colleague and friend C. S. Lewis, whose influence on modern fantasy, through his beloved Narnia books, is second only to Tolkiens own. In many ways, Lewiss influence has