Fantasy Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology by Dr Jennifer Pullen Paperback

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The first fantasy-writing textbook to combine a historical genre overview with an anthology and comprehensive craft guide, this book explores the blue prints of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction. The first section will acquaint readers with the vast canon of existing fantasy fiction and outline the many sub-genres encompassed within it before examining the important relationship between fantasy and creative writing, the academy and publishing. A craft guide follows which equips students with the key concepts of storytelling as they are impacted by writing through a fantastical lens. These include:- Character and dialogue- Point of view- Plot and structure- Worldbuilding settings, ideologies and cultures- Style and revisionThe third section guides students through the spectrum of styles as they are classified in fantasy fiction from Epic and high fantasy, through Lovecraftian and Weird fiction, to magical realism and hybrid fantasy. An accompanying anthology will provide students with a greater awareness of the range of possibilities open to them as fantasy writers and will feature such writers as Ursula Le Guin, China Miéville, Theodora Goss, Emrys Donaldson, Ken Liu, C.S.E. Cooney, Vandana Singh, Sofia Samatar, Rebecca Roanhorse, Jessie Ulmer, Yxta Maya Murray, and Rachael K. Jones. With writing exercises, prompts, additional online resources and cues for further reading throughout, this is an essential resource for anyone wanting to write fantastical fiction.

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Jennifer Pullen is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Ohio Northern University, USA. During her decade of teaching, she has also taught at Eastern Washington University and Ohio University. She has worked on the editorial team of journals including The New Ohio Review (NOR), and Willow Springs, where she was the Assistant Fiction Editor. Her research interests include fantasy fiction, fairy tales and mythology, gender studies, science fiction, 19th century literature, environmental writing, and creative writing pedagogy. She is a founding member of the Creative Writing Studies organization. Her chapbook of fabulist fiction A Bead of Amber on Her Tongue, feminist retellings of Greek myths, won the Omnidawn fabulist fiction award, selected by Lily Hoang. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals and anthologies including, but not limited to: Off the Coast, Cleaver, Phantom Drift Limited, Clockhouse, Behind the Mask, Lunch Ticket, and F(r)iction. She has won multiple awards for her teaching.

Table of Contents

Table of ContentsSection 1: An Introduction to Fantasy WritingIntroductionChapter 1: Fantasy and Its EvolutionChapter 2: Fantasy Genres (a mostly comprehensive review)Chapter 3: Fantasy Fiction, Publishing, and Creative Writing in the AcademySection 2: The Craft of Fantasy WritingChapter 4: Character and DialogueChapter 5: Point of ViewChapter 6: Structure and PlotChapter 7: Worldbuilding Part 1Chapter 8: Worldbuilding Part 2Chapter 9: Worldbuilding Part 3Chapter 10: Style and RevisionDiscussion Questions and Writing ActivitiesSection 3: Genres and Styles of Fantasy WritingChapter 11: Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, and Sword and Sorcery FantasyChapter 12: Historical FantasyChapter 13: Weird Fiction, Lovecraftian Fantasy, Gothic Fantasy,and Cosmic HorrorChapter 14: Contemporary and Urban FantasyChapter 15: Fabulism and Magical RealismChapter 16: Mythic, Fairy Tale, Folkloric, and Fairy FantasyChapter 17: Hybrid FantasyConclusionAnthologyCooney—Martyr's GemDonaldson—The AlbatrossesGoss—England Under the White WitchJones—The Night Bazaar for Women Becoming ReptilesLe Guin—The Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasLiu—Good HuntingMiéville—The Condition of New DeathMurray—La LloronaRoanhorse—HarvestSamatar—Meet Me in IramSingh—A Handful of RiceUlmer—RedValentine— From the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Marvelous, Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire)Notes and References

Review

A thorough take on the Fantasy genre by someone who clearly loves the genre, and a welcome addition to an academic field that deserves more scholarship. * Nicole Peeler, Director of the Writing Popular Fiction Program, Seton Hill University, USA *Jennifer Pullen's Fantasy Fiction: A Writer's Guide and Anthology is the book students and teachers of not only Fantasy fiction but also fiction writ large have been waiting for. Capacious, generous, and wise, it deftly embraces history, inhabits our current cultural moment, and enables the future. An instant classic. * Stephanie Vanderslice, Professor of Creative Writing and Co-Director Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop, University of Central Arkansas, USA *

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An all-in-one guide to fantasy fiction writing looking at the genre's history, its key concepts of storytelling and featuring an anthology covering the vast canon of sub-genres within fantasy fiction.

Details ISBN1350166928 Series Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781350166929 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-01-11 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle A Writer's Guide and Anthology Edited by Joe Wilkins Author Dr Jennifer Pullen Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2024-01-11 UK Release Date 2024-01-11 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2024-02-07 ISBN-10 1350166928 Pages 344 DEWEY 808.38766 We've got this

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