Mythopoeic Responses to the Great War: Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in the Postwar Fantasy of Lord Dunsany, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis

David Hogsette

Mythopoeic Responses to the Great War: Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in the Postwar Fantasy of Lord Dunsany, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis

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Abstract

This presentation locates the mythopoeic fantasy of Dunsany, Tolkien, and Lewis within the context of post-WWI literary production, analyzing the ways in which these writers, even though they experienced the horrors of war, did not succumb to the disillusionment and despair of many other postwar writers and artists. Instead, they used mythopoeic fantasy to write a literature of escape and consolation that provided hope and recovery from the emotional horror and psychological despair of WWI.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	Center for Vision and Values Conference - Grove City College, Grove City, United States Duration: 28 Apr 2018 → …

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Conference	Center for Vision and Values Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Grove City
Period	28/04/18 → …

Keywords

World War I
fantasy
literary studies
Tolkien
C. S. Lewis
Dunsany
mythopoeia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Literature and Literary Theory

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Mythopoeic Responses to the Great War: Escape, Recovery, and Consolation in the Postwar Fantasy of Lord Dunsany, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis

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