02746nam 2200553Ia 450 991078832300332120200520144314.00-8195-7324-8(CKB)3170000000060506(EBL)1138146(SSID)ssj0000835503(PQKBManifestationID)11461942(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000835503(PQKBWorkID)10990166(PQKB)10997712(OCoLC)854970704(MdBmJHUP)muse18613(Au-PeEL)EBL1138146(CaPaEBR)ebr10672365(MiAaPQ)EBC1138146(EXLCZ)99317000000006050620120913d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHere be dragons[electronic resource] exploring fantasy maps and settings /Stefan EkmanMiddletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Pressc20131 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8195-7322-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Here Be DRAGONS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. INTRODUCTION; The Relevance of Settings; What Is Fantasy?; 2. MAPS; Previous Explorations of Fantasy Maps; What Is a Fantasy Map?; A Survey of Fantasy Maps; Reading Fantasy Maps; 3. BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES; Together Apart: Borders in Brust, Gaiman and Vess, and Nix; The Geography of History: Polders in Tolkien, Holdstock, and Pratchett; 4. NATURE AND CULTURE; Two Slippery Terms; The Return of the Tree: Bringing Nature Back into Minas Tirith; Nature, Magic, and Misfits: Wilderness within NewfordBlurred Boundaries: Conflux in New CrobuzonGrowing Somewhere In-Between: Liminal Nature in Ombria; 5. REALMS AND RULERS; Linking Rulers to Realms: An Overview; Ruling the Mythical Landscape: The Fisher King in Last Call; Shaping the Realm: Palimpsests in Tourists; Where Dark Lords Live: Landscapes of Evil in Tolkien, Donaldson, and Jordan; 6. SOME FINAL THOUGHTS; Appendix A: Method for the Map Survey; Appendix B: Map Sample; Notes; Bibliography; Index; ABOUT THE AUTHORFirst in-depth study of the use of landscape in fantasy literatureFantasy fictionHistory and criticismLandscapes in literatureFantasy fictionHistory and criticism.Landscapes in literature.809.3/8766Ekman Stefan1961-1513223MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788323003321Here be dragons3747540UNINA