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  1. One earth, one people
    the mythopoeic fantasy series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott Card
    Author: Oziewicz, Marek
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  McFarland & Co, Jefferson, N.C. [u.a.]

    "Presents the genre from a holistic perspective, arguing that this subgenre of fantasy literature is misunderstood as result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies. Asserts mythopoeic fantasy is the most complete literary... more

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    "Presents the genre from a holistic perspective, arguing that this subgenre of fantasy literature is misunderstood as result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies. Asserts mythopoeic fantasy is the most complete literary expression of a worldview based on the existence of supernatural powers and could transform social consciousness with renewed emphasis on anticipating the future"--Provided by publisher

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Attebery, Brian
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Series: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 6
    Subjects: Fantasy fiction, American / History and criticism; Children's stories, American / History and criticism; Myth in literature; Children's stories, American; Fantasy fiction, American; Myth in literature; Fantastische Literatur
    Other subjects: Le Guin, Ursula K. / 1929- / Earthsea cycle; Alexander, Lloyd / Chronicles of Prydain; Card, Orson Scott / Tales of Alvin Maker; L'Engle, Madeleine / Criticism and interpretation; Alexander, Lloyd: Chronicles of Prydain; Card, Orson Scott: Tales of Alvin Maker; Le Guin, Ursula K. <1929->: Earthsea cycle; L'Engle, Madeleine; Alexander, Lloyd (1924-2007): The chronicles of Prydain; Le Guin, Ursula K. (1929-2018): Earthsea
    Scope: VII, 263 Seiten, 23 cm
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-258) and index

    The confusion over fantasy and the confusions of the theoretical era -- Reductionist and holistic criticisms in a battle of worldviews -- Mythopoeic fantasy as a modern genre -- Twentieth-century rehabilitation of myth and the search for a new story -- Rediscovering harmony : Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea sequence (1964-2001) -- Bridging the past with the future : Lloyd Alexander's Prydain chronicles (1964-1973) -- Integrating science and spirituality : Madeleine L'Engle's Time quartet (1962-1986) -- Reconnecting with nature : Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker (1987-2003)