Therapeutic Properties of Fantasy Literature by the Inklings and by U. K. Le Guin
by
Anna Cholewa-Purgal
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book argues that the fantasy fiction rooted in J. R. R. Tolkien’s concept of Faёrie, as represented by the fantasy works of the Inklings and of U. K. Le Guin, has certain psychotherapeutic properties. Faёrie’s generic ‘ethos’ seems to draw on ‘moral imagination’ and on logos (meaning...