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Death and fantasy : essays on Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald and R.L. Stevenson / / by William Gray



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Autore: Gray William <1952-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Death and fantasy : essays on Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald and R.L. Stevenson / / by William Gray Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : , : Cambridge Scholars Pub., , 2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 p.)
Disciplina: 823.914
Soggetto topico: Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism
Children's stories, English - History and criticism
Death in literature
Spirituality in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-121).
Nota di contenuto: George MacDonald, Julia Kristeva and the Black sun -- The angel in the house of death : gender and subjectivity in George MacDonald's Lilith -- Strange case of Dr. MacDonald and Mr. Hyde : Robert Louis Stevenson and George MacDonald -- The incomplete fairy tales of Robert Louis Stevenson -- Death, myth and reality in C.S. Lewis -- Spirituality and the pleasure of the text : C.S. Lewis and the act of reading -- The lion, the witch and the Atlantean box : psychoanalysis and Narnia revisited -- Pullman, Lewis, MacDonald and the anxiety of influence -- Witches' time in Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald.
Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on philosophy, theology and psychoanalysis as well as on literary criticism, this collection of essays explores a range of fantasy texts with particular attention to the various ways in which they seek to deal with the reality of death. The essays uncover some fascinating links, and indeed tensions, between the writers discussed.
Titolo autorizzato: Death and fantasy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-19258-2
9786612192586
1-4438-0897-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828808603321
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