Rosemary Jackson

Fantasy

The Literature of Subversion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study argues against vague interpretation of fantasy as mere escapism and seeks to define it as a distinct kind of narrative.The issues that are bought up are discussed in relation to a wide range of fantasies with varying images.

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Produktdetails

• New Accents
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780415025621
• ISBN-10: 0415025621
• Artikelnr.: 21700317

Autorenporträt

Dr Rosemary Jackson (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

1 INTRODUCTION
Part One: Theory
2 THE FANTASTIC AS A MODE
The imagination in exile
The 'real' under scrutiny
The marvellous
mimetic and fantastic
Non-signification
Topography
themes
myths
3 PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES
The uncanny
Metamorphosis and entropy
Disintegrated bodies
Part Two: Texts 4 GOTHIC TALES AND NOVELS 5 FANTASTIC REALISM 6 VICTORIAN FANTASIES 7 FROM KAFKA'S 'METAMORPHOSIS' TO PYNCHON'S 'ENTROPY' 8 AFTERWORD: THE 'UNSEEN' OF CULTURE