Miêu tả
Tóm tắt:Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, this book introduces a provocative system of classification for the genre. Utilising nearly 200 examples of modern fantasy, it uses this system to explore how fiction writers construct their fantastic worlds.
Mô tả vật lý:xxv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index.
số ISBN:9780819568670
0819568678
9780819568687
0819568686
Ghi chú tác giả:FARAH MENDLESOHN teaches at Middlesex University, London. She was editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction for six years, and is the author of Diana Wynne Jones and the Children's Fantastical Tradition (2005) and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (2006), winner of a Hugo Award. She is the program director for the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal in 2009.