Summary
Artea Panajotović: Ursula leGuin and Daoism
The topic of this book, derived from a doctoral dissertation entitled Simplicity, naturalness, freedom and ineffability: Daoism in the work of Ursula le Guin, is a consideration of the connection between the creativity of Ursula le Guin and the Taoist understanding of the world. in the broader context of Chinese philosophy.
Primarily based on the analysis of novels from the Hain cycle that thematize the key Daoist principles of simplicity, naturalness, freedom and ineffability (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Empty-Handed Man and The Story), the book also includes reading. a few selected stories from the collections Twelve Quarters of the Wind and Four Roads of Forgiveness in the same key. – Artea Panajotović, from Introduction
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