A Taoist Study of Magic in The Earthsea Cycle

The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula. K. Le Guin is a fantasy work in Western literature that shines with ostentatiously idiosyncratic sparks of Taoist philosophies. Resorting to Taoism (also translated as Daoism) and its representative work Tao Te Ching, this article aims at exploring the Earthsea magic, a...

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Authors: Huang, Yini (Author) ; Dai, Hongbin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B harmonious dialectics
B Taoism
B The Earthsea Cycle
B Magic
B Ursula K. Le Guin
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