The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales.
The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brian Attebery is Professor of English at Idaho State University and the editor of Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. He is also the coeditor, with Ursula K. Le Guin, of The Norton Book of Science Fiction (Norton, 1997) and the author of Decoding Gender in Science Fiction (Routledge, 2002) among other works.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Fantasy as a Route to Myth Taxonomic Interlude: A Note on Genres Chapter 2: Make It Old: The Other Mythic Method Chapter 3: Silver Lies and Spinning Wheels: Christian Myth in MacDonald and Lewis Chapter 4: Romance and Formula, Myth and Memorate Chapter 5: Expanding the Territory: Colonial Fantasy Chapter 6: Angels, Fantasy, and Belief Literalist Interlude: Burning Harry Potter Chapter 7: The Postcolonial Fantastic Chapter 8: Coyote's Eyes: Situated Fantasy Works Cited
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Fantasy as a Route to Myth Taxonomic Interlude: A Note on Genres Chapter 2: Make It Old: The Other Mythic Method Chapter 3: Silver Lies and Spinning Wheels: Christian Myth in MacDonald and Lewis Chapter 4: Romance and Formula, Myth and Memorate Chapter 5: Expanding the Territory: Colonial Fantasy Chapter 6: Angels, Fantasy, and Belief Literalist Interlude: Burning Harry Potter Chapter 7: The Postcolonial Fantastic Chapter 8: Coyote's Eyes: Situated Fantasy Works Cited
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