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Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination,9780805709582
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Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination


Author(s): Mathews, Richard
ISBN10:  0805709584
ISBN13:  9780805709582
Format:  Hardcover
Pub. Date:  10/1/1997
Publisher(s): Gale / Cengage Learning

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SummaryTable of Contents
Students and teachers alike will welcome the books in this series as accessible introductions to many widely studied themes and genres.

Each book includes:

-- An overview of the evolution of the theme or genre

-- In-depth analyses of four to six exemplary texts

-- An extensive annotated list of works for further reading

-- A bibliographic essay

-- A chronology of major authors, works and historical events of importance in the development of the theme or genre

Preface xi(2)
Acknowledgments xiii(2)
Chronology xv
Chapter 1 From Antiquity to Infinity: The Development of Modern Fantasy
1(36)
Chapter 2 Forging Fantasy Paradigms: Sword Tempered by Water (William Morris's The Well at the World's End)
37(17)
Chapter 3 Shaping Modern Fantasy: Cosmic Light and Dark (J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings)
54(31)
Chapter 4 Plotting the Modern Mythic Hero: Morris and Tolkien
85(11)
Chapter 5 Shining Past and Future: The Persistence of Camelot (T. H. White's The Once and Future King)
96(22)
Chapter 6 Darkening Antiquity: Sword and Sorcery (Robert E. Howard's Conan Series)
118(17)
Chapter 7 Completing the Circle: Language, Power, and Vision (Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle)
135(18)
Notes and References 153(13)
Bibliographic Essay 166(14)
Recommended Titles 180(17)
Index 197

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