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Therapy Through Faerie

Therapeutic Properties of Fantasy Literature by the Inklings and by U. K. Le Guin

  • Hardback
  • 381 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang AG
  • 15 x 20.6 x 2.8 cm

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For readers of fantasy and those interested in faith

Explains the therapeutic power of myth and stories

Gain new hope by finding deep meaning in your life

Discover how the fantasy works of Tolkien, the Inklings, and Le Guin can serve as tools for psychological healing and hope.

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This book argues that the fantasy fiction rooted in J. R. R. Tolkien's concept of Fa?rie, as represented by the fantasy works of the Inklings and of U. K. Le Guin, has certain psychotherapeutic properties. Fa?rie's generic 'ethos' seems to draw on 'moral imagination' and on logos (meaning and word), which informs its secondary worlds and encourages a search for an unconditional sense of life, against the postmodern neo-nihilistic aporia. The book postulates an applicability of logotherapy ('therapy through meaning', developed after WW2 by Victor Frankl,) to the workings of Fa?rie, whose bibliotherapeutic potential rests on its generic marks, identified by Tolkien as Fantasy, Recovery, Escape (breaking free from incarcerating meaninglessness), Consolation, and (cathartic) Eucatastrophe.
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  • Title

    Therapy Through Faerie

  • Author

    Anna Cholewa-Purgal

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang AG

  • Published

    January 2017

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    577g

  • Page Count

    381

  • Dimensions

    15 x 20.6 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9783631673812

  • ISBN-10

    3631673817

  • Eden Code

    4658978