02697nam 2200589 450 991046003530332120200520144314.01-4438-6767-5(CKB)3710000000250152(EBL)1800438(SSID)ssj0001411931(PQKBManifestationID)11763397(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001411931(PQKBWorkID)11406408(PQKB)11679223(MiAaPQ)EBC1800438(Au-PeEL)EBL1800438(CaPaEBR)ebr10949405(CaONFJC)MIL649276(OCoLC)892243485(EXLCZ)99371000000025015220141010d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the mirror of the past of fantasy and history /edited by Bogdan Trocha, Aleksander Rzyman and Tomasz RatajczakNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2013.1 online resource (112 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-4528-0 1-322-18012-1 Includes bibliographical references.TABLE OF CONTENTS; EDITORS; INTRODUCTION; "MAKE IT OLD"; DAVID GEMMELL'S INTERTEXTUAL TREATMENT OF THE ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY IN HIS LION OF MACEDON AND DARK PRINCE NOVEL DUO; URSULA LE GUIN'S EARTHSEA CYCLE; "HEALING FICTION?"; ANDREA HAIRSTON'S REDWOOD & WILDFIRE; MYTHIC CYCLE VS. LINEAR HISTORY IN FANTASY; THE LONELINESS OF THE ANCIENT GREEK HEROThese days, we are ever more often confronted by overwhelming events. Searching for a way to understand them, we turn to mythic archetypes still present in our culture. The authors of these essays pose questions about the reliability of the archetypes found in tradition, history, and scattered mythologemes. The essays in this collection deal with the presence of mythic time in modern speculative fiction, such as fantasy and alternate histories, and discuss major mythologemes and their functi...Fantasy fictionHistory and criticismAlternative histories (Fiction)History and criticismElectronic books.Fantasy fictionHistory and criticism.Alternative histories (Fiction)History and criticism.809.38766Trocha BogdanRzyman AleksanderRatajczak TomaszMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460035303321In the mirror of the past2272467UNINA