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001 2014018797
003 DLC
005 20140824121642.0
008 140513s2014 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014018797
020 $a9780786494651 (softcover : acid free paper)
020 $z9781476615820 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPN56.F34$bB56 2014
082 00 $a809.3/8766$223
100 1 $aBrawley, Chris.
245 10 $aNature and the numinous in mythopoeic fantasy literature /$cChris Brawley.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2014]
300 $aix, 199 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCritical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy ;$v46
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-193) and index.
520 $a"This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works which engage the numinous--and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Drawing from the ideas of Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy, mythopoeic fantasy is a means of subverting normative modes of perception to both encounter the numinous and to challenge the perceptions of the natural world"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aFantasy literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aHoly, The, in literature.
650 0 $aMythology in literature.
650 0 $aEcocriticism.