Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn (English) Paperback Book

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Examining fantasy literature

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Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for the genre. Utilizing nearly two hundred examples of modern fantasy, author Farah Mendlesohn uses this system to explore how fiction writers construct their fantastic worlds. Mendlesohn posits four categories of fantasy-portal-quest, immersive, intrusion, and liminal-that arise out of the relationship of the protagonist to the fantasy world. Using these sets, Mendlesohn argues that the author's stylistic decisions are then shaped by the inescapably political demands of the category in which they choose to write. Each chapter covers at least twenty books in detail, ranging from nineteenth-century fantasy and horror to extensive coverage of some of the best books in the contemporary field. Offering a wide-ranging discussion and penetrating comparative analysis, Rhetorics of Fantasy will excite fans and provide a wealth of material for scholarly and classroom discussion.Includes discussion of works by over 100 authors, including Lloyd Alexander, Peter Beagle, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Crowley, Stephen R. Donaldson, Stephen King, C. S. Lewis, Gregory Maguire, Robin McKinley, China Miéville, Suniti Namjoshi, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Sheri S. Tepper, J. R. R. Tolkien, Tad Williams

Author Biography

FARAH MENDLESOHN teaches at Middlesex University, London. She was the editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction for six years, and is the author of Diana Wynne Jones and the Children's Fantastical Tradition (2005) and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (2006), winner of a Hugo Award. She is the program director for the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal in 2009.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: The Portal-Quest Fantasy Chapter Two: The Immersive Fantasy Chapter Three: The Intrusion Fantasy Chapter Four: The Liminal Fantasy Chapter Five: "The Irregulars": Subverting the Taxonomy

Review

"Mendlesohn goes well beyond a survey to offer new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work that offers fresh insights on almost every page."--Brian Attebery, editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts"Mendlesohn goes well beyond a survey to offer new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work that offers fresh insights on almost every page."--Brian Attebery, editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts"A useful and deliberately flexible taxonomy, and an intense engagement with the arms race of rhetoric between makers and users of fantasy. For authors and readers as well as academics and commentators."--M. John Harrison, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award

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"Mendlesohn goes well beyond a survey to offer new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work that offers fresh insights on almost every page."--Brian Attebery, editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts "Mendlesohn goes well beyond a survey to offer new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work that offers fresh insights on almost every page."--Brian Attebery, editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts "A useful and deliberately flexible taxonomy, and an intense engagement with the arms race of rhetoric between makers and users of fantasy. For authors and readers as well as academics and commentators."--M. John Harrison, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award

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Examining fantasy literature

Details ISBN0819568686 Author Farah Mendlesohn Short Title RHETORICS OF FANTASY Publisher Wesleyan University Press Language English ISBN-10 0819568686 ISBN-13 9780819568687 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-04-30 Imprint Wesleyan University Press Place of Publication Hanover Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780819568687 AU Release Date 2008-05-30 NZ Release Date 2008-05-30 UK Release Date 2008-04-30 Pages 336 DEWEY 813.0876609 Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 2008-04-30 We've got this

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