Lucie Armitt

Fantasy Fiction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a series of introductory books about different types of writing. One strand of the series will focus on genres such as Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, and Crime. The other strand will focus on movements or styles often associated with historical and cultural locations - Postcolonial, Native American, Scottish, Irish, American Gothic. These introductions all share the same nine-part structure: 1. A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements 2. A timeline of historical developments 3. Critical concerns to bear in mind while reading 4. Detailed readings of several key texts 5. In-depth analysis of major themes and issues 6. Signposts for further study 7. A summary of the most important criticism in the field 8. A glossary of terms 9. An annotated, critical reading list Writers covered in this book include: Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling, H.G. Wells, Thomas More, Jonathan Swift, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Yann Martel, Jeanette Winterson, and William Gibson.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 212mm x 362mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780826416865
• ISBN-10: 0826416861
• Artikelnr.: 21817552

Autorenporträt

Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Wales, Bangor

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Chapter 1-What is Fantasy Writing? Introduction Beyond the Horizon
Epic Space Chapter 2-Fantasy as Timeline Introduction The Origins of Modern
Fantasy Early Modern Fantasy Tree versus Leaf: Reading the Present through
the Past Phantasm versus Fantasia Chapter 3-How to Read Fantasy; Or, Dreams
and Their Fictional Readers Introduction Reading Dreams Medieval Dream
Vision The World in/of the Mirror Chapter 4-The Best and Best Known
Introduction Play and Nonsense: Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear Cartographies
and Geographies of Fantasy: Animal Farm and Gulliver's Travels J.R.R.
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Mary Shelley, Frankenstein: Discourses of
Monstrosity The Monsters of Middle Earth Adolescent Monsters: Harry Potter
H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon and The Time Machine 'Other Desires':
Homoeroticism and the Feminine Mothers and Mirrors: Harry Potter Chapter
5-The Utopia as an Underlying Feature of All Major Modes of Fantasy
Introduction Thomas More, Utopia Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon
and The Time Machine Inter-Generic Texts: The Time Machine and A
Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court Yann Martel, Life of Pi George
Orwell, Animal Farm Technology Versus Magic: A Connecticut Yankee and Harry
Potter Jeanette Winterson, The PowerBook William Gibson, Neuromancer
Chapter 6-One Key Question: Is There Life for Fantasy Beyond Genre?
Introduction Ghosts and Their Readers Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, 'The Signalman' Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Edith
Wharton, 'The Eyes' Chapter 7-Fantasy Criticism Introduction Interrogating
the Boundaries of Fantasy: Todorov, Marin, and Tolkien Determining Spaces:
Tolkien, Bettelheim, and Zipes Fantasy as (Dream-)Screen: Psychoanalytic
Approaches New Bodies/New Knowledge: Massey, Haraway, Botting Chapter 8-A
Glossary of Terms Chapter 9-Selected Reading List Index