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The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy
Engelsk Paperback
The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy
Engelsk Paperback

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An ever-expanding critical library on fantasy fiction requires an analysis of why the genre is so ubiquitous, enduring and beloved. This work analyzes the mythic elements in foundational fantasy texts, arguing that mythopoeic fantasy reveals timeless truths that link human cultures past and present. Through close readings of works like Phantastes, The King of Elfland''s Daughter, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Neverending Story, A Wrinkle in Time and Out of the Silent Planet, this book explores how mythopoeic fantasy speaks to the deepest concerns of the human heart. It investigates the genre''s use of an imagination that is sometimes atrophied by the demands of contemporary life, and explores how fantasy provides restoration, consolation and hope within a cultural context that too often decries such ideas.

Each chapter focuses on a representative text, providing author background and engaging relevant scholarship on a variety of relevant thematic issues. Offering new insights on these classic texts by drawing upon post-secular critical approaches, this work is suitable for both new and seasoned students of fantasy.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
232
ISBN-13:
9781476682921
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1476682925
Udg. Dato:
4 aug 2022
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
224mm
Højde:
150mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
4 aug 2022
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