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War of the fantasy worlds : C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien on art and imagination
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War of the fantasy worlds : C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien on art and imagination

Author: Martha C Sammons
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Named Person: C S Lewis; J R R Tolkien
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Martha C Sammons
ISBN: 9780313362828 0313362823
OCLC Number: 429027439
Description: xv, 237 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The artist. Influences --
Inklings --
Tolkien's work --
Lewis's work --
"It really won't do" --
Tolkien's process Lewis's process --
Art. Tolkien on fairy tales --
Lewis and the fairy tale form --
Audience --
Good fairy tales --
Science fiction --
Fantasy --
Imagination --
Sub-creation --
Applications. The Silmarillion --
Elves --
The myth of Deep Heaven --
Oyeresu, Eldila, and Malacandran creatures --
Evil --
Magic --
Art theories and metaphors. Literary theory --
Romanticism --
Coleridge --
George MacDonald --
Medieval models --
Metaphors for Art --
Tolkien, Lewis, and Plato --
Achieving other worlds. Secondary world fantasy --
Tolkien's secondary worlds --
Lewis's secondary worlds --
Style --
Language --
Allegory and applicability --
Heroes --
Moral laws --
Allegory --
Tolkien and "applicability" --
Lewis and supposition --
Lewis and Christian elements --
Tolkien and Lewis as Christian writers --
Advantages of fantasy. Recovery --
Escape --
Fulfillment of desires --
Myth --
Eucatastrophe --
The great story.
Responsibility: Martha C. Sammons.

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