Christine Barkley

Stephen R. Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision

A Critical Study of the "Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" Novels
Herausgeber: Palumbo, Donald E.; Sullivan, Iii C. W.

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Produktbeschreibung

This critical study analyzes Stephen R. Donaldson's role as a modern writer who uses the fantasy genre to discuss situations and predicaments germane to the modern world. Donaldson reclaims an epic vision in his Thomas Covenant novels that is lacking in most modern literature. Chapters demonstrate how this use of epic heroism helps solve seemingly insurmountable problems and provides more meaning and purpose for individuals. As Donaldson's characters learn to transcend their world, the reader is engaged in a serious, enlightened discussion about the need for imagination, responsibility and acceptance to resolve such problems as alienation, pollution, disease and despair.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780786442881
• ISBN-10: 0786442883
• Artikelnr.: 25906335

Autorenporträt

Christine Barkley is a retired English professor at Palomar College in San Marcos, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments      viii
Preface     
Introduction     
Chapter 1: Ur-Lord of the (White Gold) Ring     
Chapter 2: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Leper     
Chapter 3: Remembrance of Some Things Past     
Chapter 4: They Could Not Go Home Again     
Chapter 5: Something Evil This Way Comes     
Chapter 6: A Farewell to Armaments     
Chapter 7: The Time "Machine": Speculations on Time and Space Travel in the
"Last Chronicles"     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index