From Homer to Harry Potter: a handbook on myth and fantasy
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Grand Rapids, Mich.
Brazos Press
2006
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-265) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 272 S. 23 cm |
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TO
A HANDBOOK on MYTH and FANTASY
MATTHEWT DICKERSON CT DAVID O HARA
BrazosPress
Grand Rapids, Michigan
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 9
Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources 11
Citations from C S Lewis
Citations from JRR Tolkien
Citations from Other Authors: Story
Citations from Other Authors: Essay and Criticism
Authors Note 15
Part 1 The Literature of Faerie and the Roots of Modern Fantasy
1 Introduction: From Cosmogony to Fairy Tale 21
What Is Myth?
Myth and Truth
2 Stories at the Boundaries 39
Three Faces of Myth and Faerie
Defining Myth and Fantasy?
Spells and The Spell: Enchantment and Fantasy
Chasing Down Allegories?
Mapping Our Territory (and Its Perils)
3 Biblical Myth and Story 65
Three Ways the Bible Functions as Myth
The Bible as a Whole: Muthos of Worlds and Wars
God and Satan
Images of Heaven and Hell
Genesis and the Flood
CONTENTS
Job, the Great Biblical Myth
The Gospels: True Historic Myth
The Bible as the Grand Myth
4 Homeric Myth (and the Epic Fantasy) 93
Homer s Iliad
Homer s Odyssey
Myth and History in the Ancient World
Myth and National Identity
Ancient Myth, Religion, and Morality
Ancient Myth and the Rise of Science and Philosophy
Ancient Myth and Early Christianity
5 Beowulf to Arthur: Medieval Legend and Romance 109
The Cauldron of Story and Beowulf in Tolkien
The Prose Edda and Scandinavian Myth
The Bones of Beowulf
Arthurian Legend
6 Nineteenth-Century Fairy Tale and Fantasy: The Brothers
Grimm and George MacDonald 129
Fairy Tales and the Nineteenth Century
The Fairy Tale Collections of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Violence, Virtue, and Grace
The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald (and Their Influence on Tolkien and Lewis)
The Significance of MacDonald
Mystery, Holiness, and The Golden Key
Part 2 Some Modern Works of Fantasy
7 Ursula Le Guin s Earthsea Trilogy and Balance as the Highest
Good 169
The Power of Myth and Legend, and the Stories within the Stories
Names, Words, and Language
Power and Balance
Good and Evil
Life, Death, and Meaning
8 The Darkness of Philip Pullman s Material 193
Problems with Prose and Plot
The Subtle Knife and the Power of Death
Coming of Age?
A Sermon in Thin Disguise
g CONTENTS
Confusion of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Truth in Story
9 Grace across the Whole of Faerie: Walter Wangerin Jr and The
Book of the Dun Cow 207
The Book of the Dun Cow as Fairy Tale
The Book of the Dun Cow as Fantasy and Myth
Three Genres, Four Evils
Eucatastrophe and Grace
10 Harry Potter: Saint or Serpent? 227
Witches and Magic in Christian Literature
The Purpose of Magic
The Source of Magic
Uses of Magic in Harry Potter
J K Rowling and Objective Morality
11 Once upon a Time The End 253
Some Summary Questions
Why We Read from Faerie: A Few Final Thoughts
Appendices and Indices 261
For Further Reading
I Recommended Translations
II Selected Modern Retellings
III A Very Short List of Recommended Commentary on JRR Tolkien and C S Lewis
General Index 267
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HOMER
TO
A HANDBOOK on MYTH and FANTASY
MATTHEWT DICKERSON CT DAVID O'HARA
BrazosPress
Grand Rapids, Michigan
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments 9
Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources 11
Citations from C S Lewis
Citations from JRR Tolkien
Citations from Other Authors: Story
Citations from Other Authors: Essay and Criticism
Authors'Note 15
Part 1 The Literature of Faerie and the Roots of Modern Fantasy
1 Introduction: From Cosmogony to Fairy Tale 21
What Is Myth?
Myth and Truth
2 Stories at the Boundaries 39
Three Faces of Myth and Faerie
Defining Myth and Fantasy?
Spells and The Spell: Enchantment and Fantasy
Chasing Down Allegories?
Mapping Our Territory (and Its Perils)
3 Biblical Myth and Story 65
Three Ways the Bible Functions as Myth
The Bible as a Whole: Muthos of Worlds and Wars
God and Satan
Images of Heaven and Hell
Genesis and the Flood
CONTENTS
Job, the Great Biblical Myth
The Gospels: True Historic Myth
The Bible as the Grand Myth
4 Homeric Myth (and the Epic Fantasy) 93
Homer's Iliad
Homer's Odyssey
Myth and History in the Ancient World
Myth and National Identity
Ancient Myth, Religion, and Morality
Ancient Myth and the Rise of Science and Philosophy
Ancient Myth and Early Christianity
5 Beowulf to Arthur: Medieval Legend and Romance 109
The Cauldron of Story and Beowulf in Tolkien
The Prose Edda and Scandinavian Myth
The Bones of Beowulf
Arthurian Legend
6 Nineteenth-Century Fairy Tale and Fantasy: The Brothers
Grimm and George MacDonald 129
Fairy Tales and the Nineteenth Century
The Fairy Tale Collections of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Violence, Virtue, and Grace
The Fairy Tales of George MacDonald (and Their Influence on Tolkien and Lewis)
The Significance of MacDonald
Mystery, Holiness, and The Golden Key
Part 2 Some Modern Works of Fantasy
7 Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy and Balance as the Highest
Good 169
The Power of Myth and Legend, and the Stories within the Stories
Names, Words, and Language
Power and Balance
Good and Evil
Life, Death, and Meaning
8 The Darkness of Philip Pullman's Material 193
Problems with Prose and Plot
The Subtle Knife and the Power of Death
Coming of Age?
A Sermon in Thin Disguise
g CONTENTS
Confusion of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Truth in Story
9 Grace across the Whole of Faerie: Walter Wangerin Jr and The
Book of the Dun Cow 207
The Book of the Dun Cow as Fairy Tale
The Book of the Dun Cow as Fantasy and Myth
Three Genres, Four Evils
Eucatastrophe and Grace
10 Harry Potter: Saint or Serpent? 227
Witches and Magic in Christian Literature
The Purpose of Magic
The Source of Magic
Uses of Magic in Harry Potter
J K Rowling and Objective Morality
11 Once upon a Time The End 253
Some Summary Questions
Why We Read from Faerie: A Few Final Thoughts
Appendices and Indices 261
For Further Reading
I Recommended Translations
II Selected Modern Retellings
III A Very Short List of Recommended Commentary on JRR Tolkien and C S Lewis
General Index 267 |
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