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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809554903321

Autore

Mendlesohn Farah

Titolo

Rhetorics of fantasy / / Farah Mendlesohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, CT, : Wesleyan University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8195-7391-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

813/.0876609

Soggetti

Fantasy fiction, American - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Science fiction, American - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Science fiction, English - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Fantasy fiction - Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Rhetorics of Fantasy; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Portal-Quest Fantasy; Chapter 2: The Immersive Fantasy; Chapter 3: The Intrusion Fantasy; Chapter 4: The Liminal Fantasy; Chapter 5: "The Irregulars": Subverting the Taxonomy; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examining fantasy literature