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The Cambridge Companion To Fantasy Literature
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Author : Edward James
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-01-26
The Cambridge Companion To Fantasy Literature written by Edward James and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005).
The Cambridge Companion To Fantasy Literature
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language : en
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Release Date : 2018
The Cambridge Companion To Fantasy Literature written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
Since Tolkien, Pratchett, Rowling, Pullman and Meyer, fantasy literature has become one of the most popular genres in the English-speaking world. This book puts this publishing phenomenon in a historical context, suggests different ways of reading and appreciating this literature, and examines some of its varieties and subgenres.
The Cambridge Companion To Science Fiction
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Author : Edward James
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-20
The Cambridge Companion To Science Fiction written by Edward James and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
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The Cambridge Companion To Literature On Screen
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Author : Deborah Cartmell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-05-10
The Cambridge Companion To Literature On Screen written by Deborah Cartmell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.
Terry Pratchett
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Author : Andrew M. Butler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Terry Pratchett written by Andrew M. Butler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Literary Criticism categories.
Terry Pratchett has long been on Britain's most popular and successful authors, and has already won many fans in North America as well. He is best known for the bestselling Discworld series. This is a new edition of of the first full-length study of Pratchett. The first edition was shortlisted for the Hugo Award in 2001 and the 2001 Locus Award for Non-fiction.
The Cambridge Companion To Children S Literature
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Author : M. O. Grenby
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-12-10
The Cambridge Companion To Children S Literature written by M. O. Grenby and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. This Companion offers a state-of-the-subject survey of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, the Companion illuminates acknowledged classics and many more neglected works. Its unique structure means that equal consideration can be given to both texts and contexts. Some chapters analyse key themes and major genres, including humour, poetry, school stories, and picture books. Others explore the sociological dimensions of children's literature and the impact of publishing practices. Written by leading scholars from around the world, this Companion will be essential reading for all students and scholars of children's literature, offering original readings and new research that reflects the latest developments in the field.
Rhetorics Of Fantasy
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Author : Farah Mendlesohn
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Rhetorics Of Fantasy written by Farah Mendlesohn and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This sweeping study of fantasy literature offers “new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work” (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts). Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for the genre. Drawing on nearly two hundred examples of modern fantasy, author Farah Mendlesohn identifies four categories—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 some of the best works in the contemporary field. Mendlesohn discusses works by more than one hundred 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, and many others.
The Cambridge Companion To Popular Fiction
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Author : David Glover
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-05
The Cambridge Companion To Popular Fiction written by David Glover and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.
The Cambridge Companion To The History Of The Book
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Author : Leslie Howsam
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015
The Cambridge Companion To The History Of The Book written by Leslie Howsam and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
Children S Fantasy Literature
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Author : Michael Levy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-16
Children S Fantasy Literature written by Michael Levy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children's literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children's Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children's fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions appropriated by them - from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the work of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling and others from across the English-speaking world. The volume considers changing views on both the nature of the child and on the appropriateness of fantasy for the child reader, the role of children's fantasy literature in helping to develop the imagination, and its complex interactions with issues of class, politics and gender. The text analyses hundreds of works of fiction, placing each in its appropriate context within the tradition of fantasy literature.