The Cambridge companion to fantasy literature /
The Cambridge companion to fantasy literature /
edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2012.
- xxiv, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge companions to topics .
- Cambridge companions to topics. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
Introduction / Histories: Fantasy from Dryden to Dunsany / Gothic and horror fiction / American fantasy, 1820-1950 / The development of children's fantasy / Tolkien, Lewis, and the explosion of genre fantasy / Ways of Reading: Structuralism / Psychoanalysis / Political readings / Modernism and postmodernism / Thematic criticism / The languages of the fantastic / Reading the fantasy series / Reading the slipstream / Clusters: Magical realism / Writers of colour / Quest fantasies / Urban fantasy / Dark fantasy and paranormal romance / Modern children's fantasy Historical fantasy / Fantasies of history and religion / Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn -- Gary K. Wolfe; Adam Roberts; Paul Kincaid; Maria Nikolajeva; Edward James -- Brian Attebery; Andrew M. Butler; Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint; Jim Casey; Farah Mendlesohn; Greer Gilman; Kari Maund; Gregory Frost -- Sharon Sieber; Nnedi Okorafor; W.A. Senior; Alexander C. Irvine; Roz Kaveney; Catherine Butler; Veronica Schanoes; Graham Sleight. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part III. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
"Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at the history of fantasy since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who edited The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005)"--
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Fantasy literature, English--History and criticism.
Fantasy literature, American--History and criticism.
Fantasy literature.--History and criticism.--Theory, etc.
Fantasy literature.--Appreciation.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
Introduction / Histories: Fantasy from Dryden to Dunsany / Gothic and horror fiction / American fantasy, 1820-1950 / The development of children's fantasy / Tolkien, Lewis, and the explosion of genre fantasy / Ways of Reading: Structuralism / Psychoanalysis / Political readings / Modernism and postmodernism / Thematic criticism / The languages of the fantastic / Reading the fantasy series / Reading the slipstream / Clusters: Magical realism / Writers of colour / Quest fantasies / Urban fantasy / Dark fantasy and paranormal romance / Modern children's fantasy Historical fantasy / Fantasies of history and religion / Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn -- Gary K. Wolfe; Adam Roberts; Paul Kincaid; Maria Nikolajeva; Edward James -- Brian Attebery; Andrew M. Butler; Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint; Jim Casey; Farah Mendlesohn; Greer Gilman; Kari Maund; Gregory Frost -- Sharon Sieber; Nnedi Okorafor; W.A. Senior; Alexander C. Irvine; Roz Kaveney; Catherine Butler; Veronica Schanoes; Graham Sleight. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Part II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part III. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
"Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at the history of fantasy since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who edited The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005)"--
9780521429597 0521429595 9780521728737 (pbk.) 0521728738 (pbk.)
2011035585
015874459 Uk
Fantasy literature, English--History and criticism.
Fantasy literature, American--History and criticism.
Fantasy literature.--History and criticism.--Theory, etc.
Fantasy literature.--Appreciation.
PR 149 .F35 / C36 2012
823/.0876609