Holdings: From Homer to Harry Potter

From Homer to Harry Potter: a handbook on myth and fantasy

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Main Authors:	Dickerson, Matthew T. (Author), O'Hara, David (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, Mich. Brazos Press 2006
Subjects:	Geschichte Fantasy literature > History and criticism Fantastische Literatur
Online Access:	Table of contents Inhaltsverzeichnis
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-265) and index
Physical Description:	272 S. 23 cm
ISBN:	9781587431333 1587431335

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adam_text	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
adam_txt	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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