Skip to content
Cover of Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature

Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature

by Christopher Straw Brawley, Donald E. Palumbo, Sullivan, C. W., III

Mythology in literatureHoly, theFantasy fiction, history and criticismFantasy literatureHistory and criticismHoly, The, in literatureEcocriticism

"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"--

Writing a summary for young readers…

For young readers

Book data: Open Library