LEADER 04464nam 22006372 450 001 996205888403316 005 20151109030844.0 010 $a1-107-48039-6 010 $a1-107-48462-6 010 $a1-139-01462-5 035 $a(CKB)2560000000079997 035 $a(MH)013130599-9 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11926358 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10638494 035 $a(PQKB)10555502 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139014625 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2069283 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000079997 100 $a20110214d2012|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to fantasy literature /$fedited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 268 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-72873-8 311 $a0-521-42959-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Introduction Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn; Part I. Histories: 1. Fantasy from Dryden to Dunsany Gary K. Wolfe; 2. Gothic and horror fiction Adam Roberts; 3. American fantasy, 1820-1950 Paul Kincaid; 4. The development of children's fantasy Maria Nikolajeva; 5. Tolkien, Lewis, and the explosion of genre fantasy Edward James; Part II. Ways of Reading: 6. Structuralism Brian Attebery; 7. Psychoanalysis Andrew M. Butler; 8. Political readings Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint; 9. Modernism and postmodernism Jim Casey; 10. Thematic criticism Farah Mendlesohn; 11. The languages of the fantastic Greer Gilman; 12. Reading the fantasy series Kari Maund; 13. Reading the slipstream Gregory Frost; Part III. Clusters: 14. Magical realism Sharon Sieber; 15. Writers of colour Nnedi Okorafor; 16. Quest fantasies W. A. Senior; 17. Urban fantasy Alexander C. Irvine; 18. Dark fantasy and paranormal romance Roz Kaveney; 19. Modern children's fantasy Charlie Butler; 20. Historical fantasy Veronica Schanoes; 21. Fantasies of history and religion Graham Sleight. 330 $aFantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005). 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 606 $aFantasy literature, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFantasy literature$xAppreciation 606 $aFantasy literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aFantasy literature, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aFantasy literature, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFantasy literature$xAppreciation. 615 0$aFantasy literature$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aFantasy literature, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.0876609 686 $aLIT004120$2bisacsh 702 $aJames$b Edward$f1947- 702 $aMendlesohn$b Farah 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996205888403316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to fantasy literature$92493618 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress