Article Title
The Artist as Magician: Yeats, Joyce, and Tolkien
Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record
Artist
Sarah Beach
Illustration
Lester Furnival from Charles Williams' All Hallows Eve
Abstract
Examines the significance of symbolism of transcendence in several works by Yeats and Joyce, and ties this to theories of consolation and eucatastrophe in Tolkien’s “On Fairy-stories.” Finds Tolkien’s theory of sub-creation more fulfilling than their view of the artist as a creator.
