Nature and the numinous in mythopoeic fantasy literature /
"This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works which 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 bo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2014]
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| Series: | Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;
46. |
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| Summary: | "This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works which 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 199 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-193) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780786494651 0786494654 |