1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990002176700203316

Autore

GRANATO, Pasquale

Titolo

La filiazione e le modificazioni di stato / Pasquale Granato

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bari : L. Da Vinci, 1962

Descrizione fisica

300 p. ; 24 cm

Collocazione

XXV.1.L 99 (IG I 142)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813831203321

Autore

Jobling J'annine

Titolo

Fantastic spiritualities : monsters, heroes and the contemporary religious imagination / / J'annine Jobling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York : , : T & T Clark, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4725-3529-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

809.308766

Soggetti

Fantasy fiction - History and criticism

Spirituality in literature

Spirituality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction. Fantasy and Spirituality; CHAPTER 2 Transforming Selves. Harry Potter: 'A highly unusual boy'; CHAPTER 3 Transforming Selves. Earthsea: 'The Eaten One'; CHAPTER 4 Metaphysics and Transcendence. His Dark Materials: 'The Republic of Heaven'; CHAPTER 5 Metaphysics and Transcendence.



Earthsea: 'Only in silence the word'; CHAPTER 6 Transforming Worlds. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 'Bite me'; CHAPTER 7 Transforming Worlds. Harry Potter: 'Toujours Pur'; CHAPTER 8 The Good and the Monstrous. His Dark Materials: '. . . and ye shall be as gods'

CHAPTER 9 The Good and the Monstrous. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 'From beneath you, it devours'CHAPTER 10 Conclusion. Shadows of the Divine; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In this work Jobling argues that religious sensibility in the Western world is in a process of transformation, but that we see here change, not decline, and that the production and consumption of the fantastic in popular culture offers an illuminating window onto spiritual trends and conditions. She examines four major examples of the fantastic genre: the Harry Potter series (Rowling), His Dark Materials (Pullman), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Whedon) and the Earthsea cycle (Le Guin), demonstrating that the spiritual universes of these four iconic examples of the fantastic are actually marked by