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1 online resource (350 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Reclaiming Enemy-Occupied Territory: Saving Middle-earth, Narnia, Westeros, Panem, Endor, and Gallifrey -- Star Wars, Hollywood Blockbusters, and the Cultural Appropriation of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Of Treebeard, C.S. Lewis, and the Aesthetics of Christian Environmentalism -- The Time Lord, the Daleks, and the Wardrobe -- Noah's Ark Revisited: 2012 and Magic Lifeboats for the Wealthy -- Race and Disaster Capitalism in Parable of the Sower, The Strain, and Elysium -- Eden Revisited: Ursula K. Le Guin, St. Francis, and the Ecofeminist Storytelling Model -- MaddAddam and The Handmaid's Tale: Margaret Atwood and Dystopian Science Fiction as Current Events -- Ur-Fascism and Populist Rebellions in Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road --Tolkien's Kind of Catholic: Suzanne Collins, Empathy, and The Hunger Games -- The Cowboy and Indian Alliance: Collective Action Against Climate Change in A Song of Ice and Fire and Star Trek -- What Next? Robert Crumb's "A Short History of America" and Ending the Game of Thrones -- Epilogue. Who Owns the Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien? |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Climatic changes in literature.
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Environmentalism in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: DiPaolo, Marc. Fire and snow : climate fiction from The inklings to Game of thrones. Albany, NY : Suny Press, c2018 350 pages 9781438470450 (DLC) 2017038441 |
| ISBN |
9781438470450 |
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9781438470474 (e-book) |
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