One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott CardThis work presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this central genre of fantasy literature is largely misunderstood as a result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies. The author asserts that mythopoeic fantasy is not only the most complete literary expression of a worldview based on the existence of supernatural or spiritual powers but that the genre is in a unique position to transform social consciousness with a renewed emphasis on anticipating the future. The author lays out theoretical foundations for his argument in the first four chapters and then demonstrates how the works of fantasy authors Ursula K. LeGuin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and Orson Scott Card exemplify his argument in the remaining four chapters. |
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... present the final conflict ... of forces in movement since the beginning of time " ( 161 ) . Even more surprisingly , although the section in which Irwin deals with myth is his longest chapter — one devoted to “ fantasy of the ...
... present the final conflict ... of forces in movement since the beginning of time " ( 161 ) . Even more surprisingly , although the section in which Irwin deals with myth is his longest chapter — one devoted to “ fantasy of the ...
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... present , and the future are encoded . Not coinciden- tally , Matthews ' monograph Fantasy refers to Alexander in a chapter entitled " Shining Past and Future : The Persistence of Camelot , " and May opens her study with a chapter on ...
... present , and the future are encoded . Not coinciden- tally , Matthews ' monograph Fantasy refers to Alexander in a chapter entitled " Shining Past and Future : The Persistence of Camelot , " and May opens her study with a chapter on ...
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... present . 2. Such as Thelma J. Shinn's 1986 Worlds within Women : Myth and Mythmaking in Fan- tastic Literature by Women ; Sheila Egoff's 1988 Worlds Within : Children's Fantasy from the Mid- dle Ages to Today ; Martha Sammons's 1988 ...
... present . 2. Such as Thelma J. Shinn's 1986 Worlds within Women : Myth and Mythmaking in Fan- tastic Literature by Women ; Sheila Egoff's 1988 Worlds Within : Children's Fantasy from the Mid- dle Ages to Today ; Martha Sammons's 1988 ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Theoretical Era | 13 |
Reductionist and Holistic Criticisms in a Battle of Worldviews | 39 |
Copyright | |
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