Article Title

The Artist as Magician: Yeats, Joyce, and Tolkien

Authors

Dominic Manganiello, University of Ottowa

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.