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EPISODE · Mar 8, 2023 · 1H 1M

36 - On Fairy-Stories: Subcreation, Escape, and Consolation

from Mythic Mind · host Andrew Snyder

Watch the video:https://youtu.be/a0hIBT-Ncss Tolkien's "On Fairy-Stories" is the essay that radicalizes how many of us think about fantasy: not childish escape, but recovery, consolation, and the making of secondary worlds. In this Mythic Mind conversation, Dr. Andrew Snyder (professor of philosophy and theology) is joined by John Carswell of The Tolkien Road to walk the essay beside Leaf by Niggle and Mythopoeia as a primer to Tolkien's literary philosophy, including eucatastrophe and why fantasy is a human need. Topics include subcreation, the difference between the Flight of the Deserter and the Escape of the Prisoner, and how good fairy-stories reawaken the world's strangeness. Related: • Mythic Mind 35 - Leaf by Niggle (feat. Thomas Salerno): https://youtu.be/z8kjHMubGWI • Tolkien's Long Defeat: Northern Courage and Christian Hope (Mythic Mind, ep. 75): https://youtu.be/zQZuCpAd8t8 • Middle-earth Mixer: What Makes Tolkien Great (Mythic Mind, ep. 64): https://youtu.be/FfWIpC63fkM • War of the Rohirrim: The Lord of the Rings Anime (Mythic Mind, ep. 67): https://youtu.be/Yns-tDu_S-4 Join the Mythic Mind Fellowship:https://mythicmindfellowship.c... Listen to/watch the Mythic Mind podcasts: - Mythic Mind - Mythic Mind Games - Mythic Mind Movies & Shows #MythicMind #Tolkien #OnFairyStories #Fantasy #Subcreation #JohnCarswell #Philosophy #TheologyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mythic-mind--5808321/support.

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