Faerie Frenzy: Mythopoeia
A lot of thinking on Faerie comes from JRR Tolkein. Another concept, similar if not interchangeable to Faerie, is traced directly to the author of the Middle Earth stories. The idea, in fact an entire literary genre, is mythopoeia.
According to Wikipedia, mythopoeia,
is a narrative genre in modern literature and film where a fictional mythology is created by the writer of prose or other fiction.
It’s not as a genre that I first learned of the word, though. I heard it first as the title of Tolkein’s poem, essentially defending Faerie to CS Lewis.
It is an incredible piece of poetry and you can read it in full online here.
There’s no better way I can think of to prepare for tomorrow night’s Bridge Songs event.
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