Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature |
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| Author:
| Brawley, Christopher Straw |
| Editor:
| Palumbo, Donald E.
III, C. W. Sullivan |
| Series title: | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-9465-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2014 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95USD $3.00 |
Book Description:
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Explores the connections between mythopoeic fantasy and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Beginning with S.T. Coleridge's theories of the imagination as embodied in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the book moves on to explore standard mythopoeic fantasists such as George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Taking a step outside these mythopoeic fantasists, the concluding chapters discuss Algernon Blackwood and Ursula Le Guin.
Explores the connections between mythopoeic fantasy and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Beginning with S.T. Coleridge's theories of the imagination as embodied in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the book moves on to explore standard mythopoeic fantasists such as George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Taking a step outside these mythopoeic fantasists, the concluding chapters discuss Algernon Blackwood and Ursula Le Guin.