Fantastic spiritualities : monsters, heroes and the contemporary religious imagination / / J'annine Jobling
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| Autore: |
Jobling J'annine
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| Titolo: |
Fantastic spiritualities : monsters, heroes and the contemporary religious imagination / / J'annine Jobling
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| Pubblicazione: | London, England ; ; New York : , : T & T Clark, , 2010 |
| ©2010 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809.308766 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fantasy fiction - History and criticism |
| Spirituality in literature | |
| Spirituality | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fantastic spiritualities |
| ISBN: | 1-4725-3529-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786921903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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