
Evil in the Christian Fantasy of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling
From the White Witch to the Dark Mark
Sarah Fiona Winters(Author)
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 31. October 2024
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-1-6669-5977-2 (ISBN)
Description
Evil in the Christian Fantasy of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling: From the White Witch to the Dark Mark argues that The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter series are essential reading for anyone committed to understanding the cultural constructions of evil in twentieth-century Europe, and the strategies of resistance available to different types of readers in response to those evils. This book also suggests that while the construction of evil in both series can and should be approached through a secular lens, it cannot be fully understood without a complementary understanding of religious transcendence. Sarah Fiona Winters explores the tension between theological evil on the one hand, and naturalist and politico-historical representations of evil on the other; and the tension within both the explicitly religious and the apparently secular between dualism, the belief that good and evil both exist and are locked in combat, and the belief in orthodox Christianity that evil is nothing. She examines the developments in theories about evil that arose from the experience of the Second World War, particularly those of Hannah Arendt and Stanley Milgram in 1963, arguing that Lewis presented obedience as a strategy against evil because he wrote before their work while Rowling presents disobedience as a strategy against evil as she wrote after their work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
593 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-6669-5977-2 (9781666959772)
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Sarah Fiona Winters
Evil in the Christian Fantasy of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling
From the White Witch to the Dark Mark
E-Book
10/2024
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€100.99
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Sarah Fiona Winters
Evil in the Christian Fantasy of C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling
From the White Witch to the Dark Mark
E-Book
10/2024
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€100.99
Available for download
Person
Sarah Fiona Winters is associate professor of English studies at Nipissing University in North Bay, Canada.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Lions and Lawlessness: Natural Evil
Chapter Two: The Whiteness of Witches and Wizards: Theological Evil
Chapter Three: Dark Marks and Last Battles: Political Evil
Chapter Four: The Greater Good: Strategies of Resistance
Conclusion
Works Cited
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter One: Lions and Lawlessness: Natural Evil
Chapter Two: The Whiteness of Witches and Wizards: Theological Evil
Chapter Three: Dark Marks and Last Battles: Political Evil
Chapter Four: The Greater Good: Strategies of Resistance
Conclusion
Works Cited
About the Author