Scepticism and Hope in Twentieth Century Fantasy LiteratureReligious discourse has become alien to the secular and skeptical western societies of the twentieth century. There is real discomfort when religious discourse appears either in the popular press or in society. But even in a secular society, there is still a psychological need (one might even use the stronger word will), if not to believe, then at least to hope. Dr. Filmer states this need is met in the literature of fantasy. |
Contents
Fantasy and the Displacement of Religious Discourse 1222 | 1 |
The Author as ProphetPriest | 12 |
Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings | 23 |
C S Lewis Saves Face | 32 |
The Shadows of Earthsea Ursula Le Guin | 43 |
Walking Riddles and the Last Visible Dog Russell Hoban | 54 |
That Hideous 1984 Two Views on Dystopia | 66 |
Religion and Romanticism in The Neverending Story | 79 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved adventures ancient appears articulation Bastian become begins belief C.S. Lewis called Chapter characters child choices Christian clear close Coleridge concerns course created critics dark death deconstructive discourse doubt dream elements ending escape evil example existence experience expressed face fact Fairy faith fantasy feel fiction final Garden give Guin healing Hoban hope human Imagination individual issues kind Land language least Lewis Lewis's light literature living London look Lord magic meaning merely Mother mundane myth nature never Nevertheless notion novel offers Orwell Orwell's perhaps person political questions readers reading religion religious Riddley Rings role Russell Hoban scepticism seems seen sense society spiritual story suggests symbolic takes theories things Tolkien traditional true turn twentieth century unicorn University whole wonder writes