Finding the Numinous: An Ecocritical Look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings - Paperback
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Finding the Numinous: An Ecocritical Look at Dune and the Lord of the Rings
Analyzing how the mythopoeic fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert portray the natural world
Finding the Numinous explores the premise that the environments depicted in The Lord of the Rings and the Dune saga are not only for the purpose of world-building; rather, these imagined worlds' environments are sacred spaces fundamental to understanding these texts and their authors' purposes....
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 2024 Arcadia University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring's Unsung Hero Award.
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