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100 1 a| DiPasquale, Willow Wilson,e| author.=| ^A1478543;

245 10 a| Finding the numinous :b| an ecocritical look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings /c| Willow Wilson DiPasquale.;

246 30 a| Ecocritical look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings;

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264 1 a| Kent, Ohio :b| The Kent State University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| viii, 164 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.;

520 a| "Finding the Numinous explores the premise that the environments depicted in The Lord of the Rings and the Dune saga are not only for the purpose of world-building; rather, these imagined worlds' environments are sacred spaces fundamental to understanding these texts and their authors' purposes. Willow Wilson DiPasquale applies Tolkien's three functions of fantasy-recovery, escape, and consolation-to demonstrate how both authors' works are intrinsically connected to their ecocritical messages and overarching moral philosophies. This book also compares Tolkien's Roman Catholic viewpoint with Herbert's Zen Buddhist perspective, arguing that the authors' religious beliefs and biographical, historical, and cultural influences impacted how they chose to craft their creative works and write about nature. Applying various ecocritical positions to the text, Finding the Numinous explores descriptions of the natural landscapes in both authors' texts, as well as the relationships characters and communities have with those natural spaces. As our current society's relationships with nature are increasingly challenged and changed by various ecocrises, DiPasquale convincingly argues, these worlds offer readers various environmental models to critique, to condemn, or, in some cases, to adopt"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Finding the numinous : an ecocritical look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings / Willow Wilson DiPasquale.

Author/creator	DiPasquale, Willow Wilson author.
Other author	Kent State University. Press publisher.
Format	Book
Publication	Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	viii, 164 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Herbert, Frank. Dune series. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings. Ecocriticism. Ecology in literature. Sacred space in literature. Dune (Imaginary place) Middle Earth (Imaginary place)

Portion of title	Ecocritical look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings
Abstract	"Finding the Numinous explores the premise that the environments depicted in The Lord of the Rings and the Dune saga are not only for the purpose of world-building; rather, these imagined worlds' environments are sacred spaces fundamental to understanding these texts and their authors' purposes. Willow Wilson DiPasquale applies Tolkien's three functions of fantasy-recovery, escape, and consolation-to demonstrate how both authors' works are intrinsically connected to their ecocritical messages and overarching moral philosophies. This book also compares Tolkien's Roman Catholic viewpoint with Herbert's Zen Buddhist perspective, arguing that the authors' religious beliefs and biographical, historical, and cultural influences impacted how they chose to craft their creative works and write about nature. Applying various ecocritical positions to the text, Finding the Numinous explores descriptions of the natural landscapes in both authors' texts, as well as the relationships characters and communities have with those natural spaces. As our current society's relationships with nature are increasingly challenged and changed by various ecocrises, DiPasquale convincingly argues, these worlds offer readers various environmental models to critique, to condemn, or, in some cases, to adopt"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.
Genre/form	Literary criticism.
Genre/form	Critiques littéraires.
LCCN	2024057337
ISBN	9781606354926
ISBN	1606354922 (paperback)
ISBN	(epub)

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