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Trajectories of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fourteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts de Michael Morrison

Trajectories of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fourteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Autor Michael Morrison
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 oct 1997 – vârsta până la 17 ani
The essays in this volume examine elements of the fantastic in a variety of media. From the fiction of Toni Morrison, Stephen King, and Chinua Achebe, to the rock songs of David Bowie, the fantastic is seen as adaptable to any art form. In an accessible manner, the contributors present fresh approaches to examining the elements of the fantastic in literature, film, music, and popular culture. The collection features an essay by Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313296468
ISBN-10: 0313296464
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

MICHAEL A. MORRISON is a David Ross Boyd Professor of Physics and English at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He has published extensively in both physics and the criticism of horror, film, and science fiction. Recent publications include several papers in The Physical Review and Journal of Physics, the textbook, Understanding Quantum Physics: A User's Manual (1990), and A Dark Night's Dreaming: Understanding Contemporary American Horror Fiction (1996), coedited with Tony Magistrale.

Cuprins

IntroductionThe Kingdom of the FantasticChanging Kingdoms by Ursula K. Le GuinMyth and Gender in SF and the GothicNo Paradise to Be Lost: Deconstructing the Myth of "Domestic Affection" in [Mary] Shelley's Frankenstein by Rosemary HathawayUsing the Fantastic to Disrupt the Domestic: An Examination of Marriage and Family in Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus and Wise Children by Anna KatsavosAndrogyny and Difference in SF by Brian AtteberyAndrogynous Architecture: Fantasies of Genre-Bending in the British Gothic Novel by Tanya Gardiner-ScottFantasy, Genre, and the MainstreamThe Role of the Fantastic in African Narratives: From Sundiata to Things Fall Apart by William E. MalloryBehemyth Evolving: Whale/Ape/Rocket by Joseph AndrianoApocalyptic Grotesque: The Day of the Locust by Catherine MerrillUnraveling the Mystery of Toni Morrison's Beloved by Beverly SkinnerKing as Classic: Excellence, Relevance, Endurance by Edwin F. CasebeerThe Seductive Doom in Young Adult Fantasy by Greer WatsonFantastic RockThe Moorcock/Hawkwind Connection: A Rock SF Multiverse by Michel DelvilleFuture Legends: David Bowie and Science Fiction by Maureen KingCinema Fantastique I: Fantasy in Representation and CritiqueArchitecture as Duality and Fantasy: Mise en Scene and Boundaries in Tim Burton's Films by Leonard G. HeldrethBeauty in the Beast: Technological Reanimation in the Contemporary Horror Film by Mark J. CharneyScreening Desire: Posthuman Couplings in Atom Egoyan's Speaking Parts and David Cronenberg's Videodrome by Rob LathamCinema Fantastique I: Twice Told TalesA Few Remarks about a Couple of Things: Hawkes and Carpenter Reconfigure Campbell by Michael A. MorrisonVersion/Inversion: Paranoia in Two Cases of Bodysnatching by Michael CollinsGreek Gifts: Vision and Revision in the Two Nights of the Living Dead by Mary PharrIndexAbout the Contributors