A Wrinkle in Time | Literary Precedents
C. S. Lewis's space trilogy is echoed in the novel, in large part because the two authors share a similar world vision. Both see Earth as a fallen planet subject to the aggression of the enemy of life, light, and laughter. In their works human beings are capable of great deeds beyond what their external appearances might indicate. Both employ the unwilling hero, that is, the person who freely but with great pain accepts a burden which he or she would happily forego. The description of space, the vagueness about the means of spatial and time travel, the disembodied brain, the intervention...
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