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The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy

Author : David S. Hogsette
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476682925
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy written by David S. Hogsette and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ever-expanding critical library on fantasy fiction requires an analysis of why the genre is so ubiquitous, enduring and beloved. This work analyzes the mythic elements in foundational fantasy texts, arguing that mythopoeic fantasy reveals timeless truths that link human cultures past and present. Through close readings of works like Phantastes, The King of Elfland's Daughter, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A Wizard of Earthsea, The Neverending Story, A Wrinkle in Time and Out of the Silent Planet, this book explores how mythopoeic fantasy speaks to the deepest concerns of the human heart. It investigates the genre's use of an imagination that is sometimes atrophied by the demands of contemporary life, and explores how fantasy provides restoration, consolation and hope within a cultural context that too often decries such ideas. Each chapter focuses on a representative text, providing author background and engaging relevant scholarship on a variety of relevant thematic issues. Offering new insights on these classic texts by drawing upon post-secular critical approaches, this work is suitable for both new and seasoned students of fantasy.

Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature

Author : Chris Brawley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476615829
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature written by Chris Brawley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy—works that engage the numinous—and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Drawing from the ideas of Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy, mythopoeic fantasy is a means of subverting normative modes of perception to both encounter the numinous and to challenge the perceptions of the natural world. Beginning with S.T. Coleridge’s theories of the imagination as embodied in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the book moves on to explore standard mythopoeic fantasists such as George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Taking a step outside these men, particularly influenced by Christianity, the concluding chapters discuss Algernon Blackwood and Ursula Le Guin, whose works evoke the numinous without a specifically Christian worldview.

Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature

Author : Chris Brawley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786494654
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Nature and the Numinous in Mythopoeic Fantasy Literature written by Chris Brawley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes connections between mythopoeic fantasy--works that engage the numinous--and the critical apparatuses of ecocriticism and posthumanism. Drawing from the ideas of Rudolf Otto in The Idea of the Holy, mythopoeic fantasy is a means of subverting normative modes of perception to both encounter the numinous and to challenge the perceptions of the natural world. Beginning with S.T. Coleridge's theories of the imagination as embodied in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the book moves on to explore standard mythopoeic fantasists such as George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Taking a step outside these men, particularly influenced by Christianity, the concluding chapters discuss Algernon Blackwood and Ursula Le Guin, whose works evoke the numinous without a specifically Christian worldview.

One Earth, One People

Author : Marek Oziewicz
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book One Earth, One People written by Marek Oziewicz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-02-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Training Ronin Style

Author : David Hogsette
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Training Ronin Style written by David Hogsette and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is fantastic! David Hogsette has produced a very important work on a very important topic! I'm a huge believer in supplementary solo training. It can do so much to enhance our martial development. However, for many, it can be difficult to know what to do when there is no instructor there to guide us. This is where this awesome book comes in! Not only does the book cover all elements of solo training, in a way that ensures functional relevance and seamless integration with all important partner training, but it does so in a way that excites and motivates! Read this book and you will want to solo train, and you will do so productively. Highly recommended!" --Iain Abernethy, 7th Dan Karate "In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, what a timely and fitting book for martial artists throughout the world! Congratulations David Hogsette for bringing forth a book that can help students of the martial arts get back on track with their training, especially training on their own. I Feel this book is also a great resource in the transition back to the dojo and beyond!" --Jerry Figgiani, 8th Dan Matsubayashi-ryu, President, Shorin Ryu Karate Do International Are you sheltering in place due to a pandemic outbreak (like COVID-19) and want to continue your martial arts training at home? Have you moved to a new city and wish to keep training until you find a new dojo? Are you interested in supplementing your partner training with practicing various drills and exercises on your own? Would you like to explore other solo training opportunities while maintaining regular dojo training? If you answered "Yes!" to any one or all of these questions, then Training Ronin Style is perfect for you. This book provides a comprehensive discussion of various training exercises applicable to all martial artists, irrespective of style or system. Topics include: Reasons to engage solo training Importance of warming up and cooling down Specific ways to train practical self-defense techniques Kata practice and solo training practical applications of kata movements Incorporating various types of impact training Combining different solo training drills into comprehensive workouts Basic cardio and strength training to maintain your fitness to fight Understanding and exploring different contexts for solo training

Teens and the New Religious Landscape

Author : Jacob Stratman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476630992
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Teens and the New Religious Landscape written by Jacob Stratman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are teenagers' religious experiences shown in today's young adult literature? How do authors use religious texts and beliefs to add depth to characters, settings and plots? How does YA fiction place itself in the larger conversation regarding religion? Modern YA fiction does not shy away from the dilemmas and anxieties teenagers face today. While many stories end with the protagonist in a state of flux if not despair, some authors choose redemption or reconciliation. This collection of new essays explores these issues and more, with a focus on stories in which characters respond to a new (often shifting) religious landscape, in both realistic and fantastic worlds.

Phantastes

Author : George MacDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Phantastes written by George MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing That Makes Sense

Author : David S. Hogsette
Publisher : Resource Publications (OR)
ISBN 13 : 9781556358616
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Writing That Makes Sense written by David S. Hogsette and published by Resource Publications (OR). This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Students often face a daunting dilemma in academia when it comes to writing. In their composition courses they are encouraged to express their emotions, find themselves, construct their own meanings, discover their voices, and own their identities through writing. But when they are asked to write lab reports, history papers, sociological studies, or to write discipline specific documents for their majors, their professors aren't much interested in self-expression, self-esteem, identity politics, or endlessly open-ended non-answers in search of a question. Their professors want clear writing that makes sense and that evidences critical thinking. What are students to do? Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the basics of the writing process and critical thinking, and it teaches them how to write various types of academic essays they are likely to encounter in their academic careers. Drawing on nearly twenty years of experience in teaching college composition and professional writing, David S. Hogsette combines relevant writing pedagogy and practical assignments with the basics of critical thinking and logical thought to provide students with step-by-step guides for successful writing in academia. Writing That Makes Sense includes many professional essays and articles from a variety of voices often underrepresented in academia today, thus introducing students to a wider intellectual diversity. Students will also benefit from a chapter on information literacy that provides practical tips on engaging the research process and writing research papers. About the Contributor(s): David S. Hogsette is Associate Professor of English and Writing Coordinator at the Old Westbury campus of the New York Institute of Technology, where he teaches composition, professional writing, and various upper-level literature courses. His teaching directly impacts his scholarship, and he has published articles and delivered lectures at national and international conferences on literary topics related to English Romanticism, Gothic literature, fantasy literature, science fiction, and theocentric approaches to literary studies.

Emails to a Young Seeker

Author : David S. Hogsette
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498273262
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Emails to a Young Seeker written by David S. Hogsette and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As popular advocates for new atheism clash with intellectually gifted Christian apologists, the debates rage on. At the end of the day, after the lecture halls clear and the thumb-worn books are put back on the shelves, the participants in these battles of ideas remain firmly entrenched in their positions. Yet, there are many sincere seekers and committed Christians going about their workaday lives wondering how all of these discussions relate to their own questions and struggles with faith. E-mails to a Young Seeker: Exchanges in Mere Christianity offers a glimpse into how everyday individuals struggle with these heady and relevant questions and debates. Based upon actual e-mail exchanges with sincere seekers, David Hogsette illustrates the importance of grappling with penetrating questions from sincere hearts and thoughtful minds. The questions are real, the concerns run deep, and the desire for reasonable and meaningful answers is clear. This book offers succinct yet comprehensive answers to real-life questions, and it demonstrates that true apologetic evangelism requires a commitment of time and a devotion to relationship. Drawing from such disciplines as science, philosophy, literature, and biblical studies, E-mails to a Young Seeker provides detailed discussions of many important questions about the existence of God, the reliability of the Bible, and key Christian doctrines such as sin, heaven, hell, the Trinity, Christ's sacrificial and atoning death, the resurrection, and salvation through faith in Christ alone. Readers, be they seekers in search of answers or Christians wanting to strengthen their faith or develop strategies for sharing their faith with others, will greatly benefit from these discussions and the extensive reading lists provided at the end of the exchanges.

The Wood Wife

Author : Terri Windling
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812549294
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book The Wood Wife written by Terri Windling and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-08-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman writer moves into a house she inherited from a poet in the hills of Arizona. The man died in mysterious circumstances and Maggie Black wants to find out why. So begins a terrifying introduction to the Indian spirits which roam the hills and feed on people's creative juices.

The Lazarus Impact

Author : Vincent Todarello
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781482648843
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book The Lazarus Impact written by Vincent Todarello and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meteor shower pelts the earth with strange debris on Christmas Eve. The US power grid fails due to the impact of a large meteorite. The dust plume causes severe illness and death as it blows east across America. As a result the government quarantines the entire northeast. Military personnel wearing gas masks patrol the edges of the affected area, preventing anyone from crossing. But when the dead start coming back to life and eating the living, the US braces itself for a full-on zombie outbreak that no military barricade can keep contained. The Lazarus Impact is a fast paced, high intensity, peri-apocalyptic zombie action thriller that traces the stories of eight unique and diverse characters as they travel through the madness, trying to head west past the quarantine to safety... or so they think. Wolf, an extreme survivalist television personality, is the first one on the scene when the meteors hit, filming the damage. Dr. Vogel, a former infectious disease lab rat turned physician, is on a mission to get to the CDC to give them samples of what he thinks might be the basis for a cure. Willy, an old, hardened, Vietnam War veteran suffering from PTSD, witnesses the outbreak as it ramps up in intensity at the hospital where he works as a janitor. Sheryl, a suburban housewife, learns of the dust when she gets a call from a neighbor that her boys are sick on the football field. Marcus, a reformed prison inmate with a violent past, escapes with a band of unscrupulous marauders during a riot. Michael and Amy, a bickering couple from NYC, struggle to get out of Manhattan despite the bridges and tunnels being barricaded and locked down. And Brandon, an awkward teenager with an obsession for horror comics and video games, hides out in his parents Cold War era bunker until he runs out of fuel. When their paths intersect they must help and rely on each other for survival. The plan is to move west, past the quarantine, and make their way to a secure compound where people have been preparing for doomsday for decades. But the nightmares they face on the way west are only a shadow of the dangers they may encounter on the other side of the quarantine, where the American people have taken up arms to defend their new but porous borders. Will any survive the journey? Is it even worth it?

The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman

Author : Anthony Burdge
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781482326802
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman written by Anthony Burdge and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of in-depth essays written by scholars and fans on the art and style of prolific author Neil Gaiman.

The Paper Grail

Author : James P. Blaylock
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1936535661
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Paper Grail written by James P. Blaylock and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second thriller in the supernatural trilogy by the World Fantasy Award–winning author— An “intriguing and absorbing work from a major talent” (Kirkus Reviews). Howard Barton came to Mendocino in search of a folded scrap of paper. Not just any old scrap of paper, but one bearing what might be a sketch by the legendary Japanese artist, Hoku-sai. But Howard, unfortunately, is not the only one who wants the sketch . . . There’s old Heloise Lamey, whose lush and noxious garden is watered with blood, ink, and stranger substances. And the enigmatic Mr. Jimmers, the owner of a workshop that holds a bizarre invention designed to raise the dead. Even Howard’s Uncle Roy, a builder of haunted houses and founder of the Museum of Modern Mysteries, has an interest in the sketch. In Northern California, nothing is what it appears, but everything is connected— and Howard is led to a mysterious private war between secret, underground societies. Now he just needs to figure out whose side he’s on in the quest for the Paper Grail. “Blaylock redeems the familiarity of his plot with a gift for drawing characters who are eccentric in delightful and original ways, whichever side of the war they are on.” —Publishers Weekly “Blaylock ventures into the realm of magical realism as eccentric matrons and failed entrepreneurs assume mythic proportions in this witty and intelligent metaphysical novel. This crossover novel belongs equally well in literary and fantasy collections.” —Library Journal

Writing That Makes Sense, 2nd Edition

Author : David S. Hogsette
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532650086
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Writing That Makes Sense, 2nd Edition written by David S. Hogsette and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the fundamentals of the writing process and explores the basic steps of critical thinking. Drawing upon over twenty years of experience teaching college composition and professional writing, David S. Hogsette combines relevant writing pedagogy and practical assignments with the basics of critical thinking to provide students with step-by-step guides for successful academic writing in a variety of rhetorical modes. New in the second edition: •Expanded discussion of how to write effective thesis statements for informative, persuasive, evaluative, and synthesis essays, including helpful thesis statement templates. •Extensive templates introducing students to conventions of academic discourse, including integrating outside sources, interacting with other writers’ ideas, and dialoguing with multiple perspectives. •Examples of academic writing from different disciplines illustrating essay titles, abstracts, thesis statements, introductions, conclusions, and voice. •Expanded discussion of voice in academic writing, including an exploration of active and passive voice constructions in different disciplines and tips on how to edit for clarity. •A new chapter on writing in the disciplines. •Updated sample student papers. •New readings with examples of opposing views and multiple perspectives.

Chance or the Dance?

Author : Thomas Howard
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1642290343
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Chance or the Dance? written by Thomas Howard and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new edition of a modern classic, Thomas Howard contrasts the Christian and secular worldviews, refreshing our minds with the illuminated vision of reality that inspired the world in times past and showing us that we cannot live meaningful lives without it. Howard explains in clear and beautiful prose the way materialism robs us of beauty, depth, and truth. With laser precision and lyrical ponderings he takes us through the dismal reductionist view of the world to the shimmering significance of the world as sign and sacrament. More timely now than when it was first written, this book is a prophetic examination of modern society's conscience.

Vision's Immanence

Author : Peter Lurie
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801879299
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Vision's Immanence written by Peter Lurie and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lurie takes particular interest in the influence of cinema on Faulkner's fiction and the visual strategies he both deployed and critiqued. These include the suggestion of cinematic viewing on the part of readers and of characters in each of the novels; the collective and individual acts of voyeurism in Sanctuary and Light in August; the exposing in Absalom! Absalom! and Light in August of stereotypical and cinematic patterns of thought about history and race; and the evocation of popular forms like melodrama and the movie screen in If I forget thee, Jerusalem. Offering innovative readings of these canonical works, this study sheds new light on Faulkner's uniquely American modernism."--BOOK JACKET.

Seeing the Myth in Human Rights

Author : Jenna Reinbold
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812293584
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Seeing the Myth in Human Rights written by Jenna Reinbold and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been called one of the most powerful documents in human history. Today, the mere accusation of violations of the rights outlined in this document cows political leaders and riles the international community. Yet as a nonbinding document with no mechanism for enforcement, it holds almost no legal authority. Indeed, since its adoption, the Declaration's authority has been portrayed not as legal or political but as moral. Rather than providing a set of rules to follow or laws to obey, it represents a set of standards against which the world's societies are measured. It has achieved a level of rhetorical power and influence unlike anything else in modern world politics, becoming the foundational myth of the human rights project. Seeing the Myth in Human Rights presents an interdisciplinary investigation into the role of mythmaking in the creation and propagation of the Universal Declaration. Pushing beyond conventional understandings of myth, which tend to view such narratives as vehicles either for the spreading of particular religious dogmas or for the spreading of erroneous, even duplicitous, discourses, Jenna Reinbold mobilizes a robust body of scholarship within the field of religious studies to help us appreciate myth as a mode of human labor designed to generate meaning, solidarity, and order. This usage does not merely parallel today's scholarship on myth; it dovetails in unexpected ways with a burgeoning body of scholarship on the origin and function of contemporary human rights, and it puts the field of religious studies into conversation with the fields of political philosophy, critical legal studies, and human rights historiography. For Reinbold, myth is a phenomenon that is not merely germane to the exploration of specific religious narratives but is key to a broader understanding of the nature of political authority in the modern world.