Here be dragons [[electronic resource] ] : exploring fantasy maps and settings / / Stefan Ekman
| Here be dragons [[electronic resource] ] : exploring fantasy maps and settings / / Stefan Ekman |
| Autore | Ekman Stefan <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/8766 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy fiction - History and criticism
Landscapes in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8195-7324-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Newford
Blurred 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463272303321 |
Ekman Stefan <1961->
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| Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Here be dragons [[electronic resource] ] : exploring fantasy maps and settings / / Stefan Ekman
| Here be dragons [[electronic resource] ] : exploring fantasy maps and settings / / Stefan Ekman |
| Autore | Ekman Stefan <1961-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/8766 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy fiction - History and criticism
Landscapes in literature |
| ISBN | 0-8195-7324-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Newford
Blurred 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788323003321 |
Ekman Stefan <1961->
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| Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Here be dragons : exploring fantasy maps and settings / / Stefan Ekman
| Here be dragons : exploring fantasy maps and settings / / Stefan Ekman |
| Autore | Ekman Stefan <1961-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/8766 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy fiction - History and criticism
Landscapes in literature |
| ISBN |
9780819573247
0819573248 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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 Newford
Blurred 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910952247803321 |
Ekman Stefan <1961->
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| Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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