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""Finding the Numinous is a crisply written, well-organized, side-by-side comparison of two of the most beloved 'multimedia franchises' in both geek literary culture and cult film fandom: Dune and The Lord of the Rings. In examining these novels through an ecocritical lens, Willow Wilson DiPasquale demonstrates that, more than any other works of science fiction and fantasy, these stories are ideally positioned to encourage their fans to embrace sustainability in the real world.""--Marc DiPaolo, author of Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones and Fake Italian: An 83% True Autobiography with Pseudonyms and Some Tall Tales ""In Finding the Numinous, Willow Wilson DiPasquale shows how the 'world-building' in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert is not merely used as a backdrop in which the stories unfold but is an active presence in the plots, ideas, and moral framework of the narratives. This ecocritical approach sees the landscape and environment as agents in the tales, hence they are just as crucial as the characters or the events depicted in them. The result is an original interpretation that connects natural landscape to religious philosophy, thus resulting in a richer interpretation of the worlds and texts.""--Robert T. Tally Jr., Texas State University

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Willow Wilson DiPasquale is an instructor of English and writing at Bryn Mawr College, Arcadia University, and Thomas Jefferson University. She is the author of Shifting Sands: Heroes, Power, and the Environment in the Dune Saga in Discovering Dune: Essays on Frank Herbert's Epic Saga. She received the 2 24 Arcadia University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring's Unsung Hero Award.

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