The Fantastic in Literature (Princeton Legacy Library, 1643) by Rabkin, Eric S - 2015-03-07

Princeton University Press, 2015. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback / softback. New. 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… Read More

Princeton Univ Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 246 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.71 inches.

Princeton Univ Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 246 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.71 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.