INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: FANTASY GOES TO HELL

The many fascinating papers presented at the seminar in August 2023 reflected this wealth of texts and influences to choose from; of these, we have selected a representative sample of material exploring sources in television, comics, film, theatre, and literature that offer a tapestry of analysis of...

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Published in:Mythlore 2024-04, Vol.42 (144), p.1-4
Main Authors: Croft, Janet Brennan, Giannini, Erin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiquity
Book series
Comics
Cultural factors
Good & evil
Hell
Italian literature
King, Stephen (1947- )
Lewis, C S (1898-1963)
Morality
Narrative theme
Seminars
Society
Theology
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Summary:The many fascinating papers presented at the seminar in August 2023 reflected this wealth of texts and influences to choose from; of these, we have selected a representative sample of material exploring sources in television, comics, film, theatre, and literature that offer a tapestry of analysis of texts from antiquity to the present day. To this end, she focuses on Disney's The Black Hole (1979), cult classic Event Horizon (1997), and the "Impossible Planet/The Satan's Pit" arc of the rebooted Doctor Who (2006). Closing out this section of the journal is Zachery Rutledge's comparison of Dante's Inferno and Alan Moore's comic book series Providence and the ways in which both deal with the concept of sin in an historical and cultural context and as a response to Virgil and other classical texts (Dante) or Lovecraft's cosmic horror (Moore). In addition to the members of the Mythlore Editorial Advisory Board, the Mythopoeic Society Council of Stewards, and our ever-dependable referees, I'd also like to express my continuing gratitude to Phillip Fitzsimmons, University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University Libraries and our Administrator for Mythlore and Mythopoeic Society Archives, who directs the team adding
ISSN:0146-9339