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The Cambridge companion to fantasy literature / / edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn [[electronic resource]]
| The Cambridge companion to fantasy literature / / edited by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 268 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 823/.0876609 |
| Collana | Cambridge companions to literature |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy literature, English - History and criticism
Fantasy literature - Appreciation Fantasy literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Fantasy literature, American - History and criticism |
| ISBN |
1-107-48039-6
1-107-48462-6 1-139-01462-5 |
| Classificazione | LIT004120 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996205888403316 |
| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Fire and snow : climate fiction from The inklings to Game of thrones / / Marc DiPaolo
| Fire and snow : climate fiction from The inklings to Game of thrones / / Marc DiPaolo |
| Autore | Di Paolo Marc |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, NY : , : Suny Press, , [2018] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (350 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823/.0876609 |
| Soggetto topico |
Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism
Science fiction, English - History and criticism Fantasy fiction, American - History and criticism Science fiction, American - History and criticism Climatic changes in literature Environmentalism in literature |
| ISBN | 1-4384-7047-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. Reclaiming Enemy-Occupied Territory: Saving Middle-earth, Narnia, Westeros, Panem, Endor, and Gallifrey -- Star Wars, Hollywood Blockbusters, and the Cultural Appropriation of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Of Treebeard, C.S. Lewis, and the Aesthetics of Christian Environmentalism -- The Time Lord, the Daleks, and the Wardrobe -- Noah's Ark Revisited: 2012 and Magic Lifeboats for the Wealthy -- Race and Disaster Capitalism in Parable of the Sower, The Strain, and Elysium -- Eden Revisited: Ursula K. Le Guin, St. Francis, and the Ecofeminist Storytelling Model -- MaddAddam and The Handmaid's Tale: Margaret Atwood and Dystopian Science Fiction as Current Events -- Ur-Fascism and Populist Rebellions in Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road --Tolkien's Kind of Catholic: Suzanne Collins, Empathy, and The Hunger Games -- The Cowboy and Indian Alliance: Collective Action Against Climate Change in A Song of Ice and Fire and Star Trek -- What Next? Robert Crumb's "A Short History of America" and Ending the Game of Thrones -- Epilogue. Who Owns the Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552751503321 |
Di Paolo Marc
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| Albany, NY : , : Suny Press, , [2018] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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