Once a Queen in Narnia: Susan and the Divine in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia
v CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 C.S. Lewis and the ‘Problem of Susan’ 1 The Critical Conversation 5 CHAPTER TWO: READING THE MEDIEVAL SUSAN 9 The Significance of Susan 9 CHAPTER THREE: “IN HIS WILL IS OUR PEACE;” DANTE AND LOVING THE DIVINE 18 Introduction 18 Susan and the Divine Love Relationship 20 Purgatorial Episodes 24 CHAPTER FOUR: A MIDDEL WEI: COURTLY LOVE AS A COMPLEMENT TO THE “REAL RELIGION” 29 Introduction: Allegory and Courtly Love 29 Courtly Love and Divine Love 32 Susan Rejects Her Lover 43 CHAPTER FIVE: DEEPER MAGIC FROM BEFORE THE DAWN OF TIME: NARNIA, MALORY, AND ENCHANTRESSES 5