Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature

(Book #46 in the Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)

by Chris Brawley

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0786494654

ISBN13:9780786494651

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:McFarland & Company

Length:212 Pages

Weight:0.66 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature

(Book #46 in the Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)

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