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This anthology of twenty-five essays on fantasy in literature and film gives a striking view of the decline of realism and the penetration of the fantastic mode into the mainstream of fiction. Introduced by William Coyle's illuminating discussion of the nature of fantasy, the essays offer a wide range of perspectives. They include discussions of the creators of fantasy, fantastic creatures, fantasy and the media, the relationship of fantasy to literary tradition, and the relevance of fantasy to contemporary concerns. Among the literary subjects considered are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Meyrink's Der Golem, Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty, vampire tales, horror films, modern fantasy epics, extraterrestrial civilizations, superheroes, and jesters, together with writers ranging from Ursula Le Guin, Arthur C. Clarke, and Tolkien, to Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and Shakespeare. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In this collection I came to realize that fantasy literature encompasses much more than my own narrow definition would have admitted. In this book alone, there are essays on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Meyrink's The Golem; Lewis Carrol's Alice in Wonderland and Tolkein's Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; Shakespeare's Winter's Tale; Frank Herbert's Dune; Italo Calvino's Castle of Crossed Destinies; Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy; and Artaud's "theater of cruelty and the fantastic." There are several touching on fantasy in the cinema including Superman and his ilk, and even television's Fantasy Island. Other essays treat fantasy from more general perspectives.
Altogether, this collection yields up numerous insights into this area that make it very much worth reading if you are interested in looking at fantasy from an analytical point of view. Some pieces are better than others, and in some cases I believe it would have helped to have read the works under discussion. In other cases, the discussion is general enough that this does not matter. ( )