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Autore |
Rayment Andrew |
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Titolo |
Fantasy, politics, postmodernity : Pratchett, Pullman, Miéville and stories of the eye / / Andrew Rayment |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; New York : , : Rodopi, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Postmodern Studies ; ; 52 |
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Soggetti |
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Fantasy fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- FANTASY SIGHT: ʻREAL BEINGʼ -- METAPHOR AND DOMAIN MAPS: PARALLAX SIGHT -- FROM MIND TO REAL: ONTOLOGICAL SIGHT -- THEORY, FANTASTIC BEINGS, SPACE: ‘PURIFICATIONAL’ SIGHT -- SEEING VISIONS: EXPERIMENTAL SIGHT -- DWARFS, HERMAPHRODITES, LOVERS: FANTASTIC SEX -- A PLAGUE OF PUNCTUM: POSTMODERN EXCESS -- “WHAT IT SEEMS IT IS...” (IS A WORLD OF SEEMING) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Appeared earlier in the POSTMODERN STUDIES series. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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“The books are true while reality is lying…” Championing the popular Fantasy genre on the same terms as its readers, Rayment casts a critical eye over the substance and methods of political critique in the Fantasy novels of Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman and China Miéville. Ranging across subjects as diverse as exquisite fundamentalism and revolutionary trains, encountering pervert-priests, dwarf hermaphrodites and sex-scarred lovers and pondering the homicidal tendencies of fairy tales and opera, Fantasy, Politics, Postmodernity develops a theoretically wide-ranging and illuminating account of how the novels of these writers do and do not sustain politically insightful critique of the real world, while bringing intellectual and ethical concerns to bear on the popular Fantasy form. |
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