This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works that engage the numinous--and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Drawing from the ideas of Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy, mythopoeic fantasy is a means of subverting normative modes of perception to both encounter the numinous and to challenge the perceptions of the natural world. 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 men, particularly influenced by Christianity, the concluding chapters discuss Algernon Blackwood and Ursula Le Guin, whose works evoke the numinous without a specifically Christian worldview.
| ISBN: | 9780786494651 |
| Publication date: | 14th July 2014 |
| Author: | Chris Brawley |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Environmental policy and protocols Science Fiction Fantasy |
This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works that engage the numinous--and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Drawing from the ideas of Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy, mythopoeic fantasy is a means of subverting normative modes of perception to both encounter the numinous and to challenge the perceptions of the natural world. 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 men, particularly influenced by Christianity, the concluding chapters discuss Algernon Blackwood and Ursula Le Guin, whose works evoke the numinous without a specifically Christian worldview.
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Environmental policy and protocols, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature is available in Paperback
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature was written by Chris Brawley and published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature has 212 pages
Yes it is part of Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy series
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