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"What exactly is the fantastic? In the twentieth-century world, our notions of what is impossible are assaulted every day. To define the nature of fantasy and the fantastic, Eric S. Rabkin considers its role in fairy tales, science fiction, detective stories, and religious allegory, as well as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rabkin, Eric S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1976.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fantasy literature.
Fantastic, The, in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Fantastique dans la litterature.
Litterature fantastique > Histoire et critique.
Fantasy literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Bibliographic Note
  • I. The Fantastic and Fantasy
  • II. The Fantastic and Escape
  • III. The Fantastic and Perspective
  • IV. The Fantastic and Genre Criticism
  • V. The Fantastic and Literary History
  • VI. The Scope of the Fantastic
  • Index

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