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The Fantastic in Literature

Af: Eric S. Rabkin Engelsk Paperback

The Fantastic in Literature

Af: Eric S. Rabkin Engelsk Paperback
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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 in traditional literature.

The examples he studies range from Grimm''s fairy tales to Agatha Christie, from Childhood''s End to the novels of Henry James, from Voltaire to Robbe-Grillet to A Canticle for Leiboivitz. By analyzing different works of literature, the author shows that the fantastic depends on a reversal of the ground rules of a narrative world. This reversal signals most commonly a psychological escape, often from boredom, to an unknown world secretly yearned for, whose order, although reversed, bears a precise relation to reality.

Originally published in 1976.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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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 in traditional literature.

The examples he studies range from Grimm''s fairy tales to Agatha Christie, from Childhood''s End to the novels of Henry James, from Voltaire to Robbe-Grillet to A Canticle for Leiboivitz. By analyzing different works of literature, the author shows that the fantastic depends on a reversal of the ground rules of a narrative world. This reversal signals most commonly a psychological escape, often from boredom, to an unknown world secretly yearned for, whose order, although reversed, bears a precise relation to reality.

Originally published in 1976.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 248
ISBN-13: 9780691607443
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0691607443
Kategori: Litteraturteori
Udg. Dato: 8 mar 2015
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 235mm
Forlag: Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato: 8 mar 2015
Forfatter(e): Eric S. Rabkin
Forfatter(e) Eric S. Rabkin


Kategori Litteraturteori


ISBN-13 9780691607443


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 248


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 152mm


Højde 235mm


Udg. Dato 8 mar 2015


Oplagsdato 8 mar 2015


Forlag Princeton University Press

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