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The Impulse of Fantasy Literature

Autor Colin N. Manlove
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 1983
This book grew out of the author's wish to go beyond a formal definition of fantasy to discover a basic urge and interest common to the genre. He finds this urge to be the celebration of identity. Fantasy is ultimately concerned to heighten and praise being, whether that being is God's creation, the world, or the creations of the fantasy writer themselves. This interest can take the form of direct eulogy or of more unconscious fascination. It is seen in fantasy's conservatism and its frequently elegiac mode, and is demonstrated through its formal characteristics such as circular structure and the use of juxtaposition to heighten individuality. It is more overtly present in modern than in pre-1800 fantasy, partly because modern fantasy developed as a Romantic reaction against technology and everything that reduced direct contact between people and the environment. These aspects of fantasy are illustrated from detailed discussion of the tales of Grimm, Walter de la Mare's Told Again, W. M. Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring, Charles Williams's prose fantasies, Ursula le Guin's Earthsea trilogy, E. Nesbit's magic books, George MacDonald's Phantastes and Lilith, T. H. White's The Once and Future King, Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels, William Morris's late romances, Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter, E. R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros, and Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn. Together these authors and works provide a cross-section of what is a fundamentally panegyric genre demonstrating its variety, its strengths, and its limitations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781349063857
ISBN-10: 1349063851
Pagini: 174
Ilustrații: XIV, 174 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 1983
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Colin N. Manlove was Reader in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh when he retired in 1993; he was awarded a DLitt in 1989. He has written numbers of books on fantasy literature, including Christian Fantasy (1992), Scottish Fantasy Literature (1994), and The Fantasy Literature of England (1999). He has also authored books on English Literature from 1600-1800, Shakespeare, C. S. Lewis, science fiction, English children's literature, the Harry Potter series and, most recently, two books on George MacDonald. He now thinks he has finished with writing and can devote himself to his collection of minerals. He is long widowed, has two sons in their forties, and four grandchildren; and he still lives in the family house in Edinburgh.