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In the mirror of the past : of fantasy and history / / edited by Bogdan Trocha, Aleksander Rzyman and Tomasz Ratajczak



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Titolo: In the mirror of the past : of fantasy and history / / edited by Bogdan Trocha, Aleksander Rzyman and Tomasz Ratajczak Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
Disciplina: 809.38766
Soggetto topico: Fantasy fiction - History and criticism
Alternative histories (Fiction) - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.): TrochaBogdan
RzymanAleksander
RatajczakTomasz
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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 HERO
Sommario/riassunto: These 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...
Titolo autorizzato: In the mirror of the past  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4438-6767-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460035303321
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