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200 10$aHere be dragons $eexploring fantasy maps and settings /$fStefan Ekman
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aMiddletown, Conn. $cWesleyan University Press$dc2013
215   $a1 online resource (297 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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 Newford
327   $aBlurred 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 AUTHOR
330   $aFirst in-depth study of the use of landscape in fantasy literature
606   $aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism
606   $aLandscapes in literature
615  0$aFantasy fiction$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aLandscapes in literature.
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