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The portrayal of nature in the genre of fantasy fiction, from the Middle Ages to more modern times, has been conditioned by the diverging social, political and historical contexts. This book seeks to disclose how the natural world has been depicted within this genre during different periods, drawing a comparison between the British tradition of fantasy literature and Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle. Le Guin adheres to the general traits of the genre up to a point, but as a woman of the 20th century living in the American West, her works also deviate from the received tradition in many significant ways.



Table of Contents

1. The Discourse of Nature in British Imaginative Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century

2. Edwardian Reconfigurations of the Poetics of Nature and Fantasy

3. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Depiction of Nature

4. Nature, Fantasy and the American West in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea

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    A Paperback / softback by María José Álvarez-Faedo, Beatriz Penas-Ibáñez, Martin Simonson

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
      Publication Date: 21/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9783034342506, 978-3034342506
      ISBN10: 3034342500

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The portrayal of nature in the genre of fantasy fiction, from the Middle Ages to more modern times, has been conditioned by the diverging social, political and historical contexts. This book seeks to disclose how the natural world has been depicted within this genre during different periods, drawing a comparison between the British tradition of fantasy literature and Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle. Le Guin adheres to the general traits of the genre up to a point, but as a woman of the 20th century living in the American West, her works also deviate from the received tradition in many significant ways.



      Table of Contents

      1. The Discourse of Nature in British Imaginative Literature: From the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century

      2. Edwardian Reconfigurations of the Poetics of Nature and Fantasy

      3. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Depiction of Nature

      4. Nature, Fantasy and the American West in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea

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