The Shape of Fantasy: Investigating the Structure of American Heroic Epic Fantasy (Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture) - Hardcover

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Palmer-Patel, Charul

 
9780367189143: The Shape of Fantasy: Investigating the Structure of American Heroic Epic Fantasy (Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture)
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ISBN 10: 0367189143 ISBN 13: 9780367189143
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

The Shape of Fantasy is an in-depth look at Heroic Epic Fantasy. It depicts structural and narrative patterns with models stemming from science and philosophy. Although Fantasy Fiction is generally defined by its impossibility, Fantasy Fiction not an illogical form. It is, in fact, governed by a sense of rules and structure, one that reflects our current understanding of space-time and cosmology. These models are an integral part of the structure of Heroic Epic Fantasy itself. Thus, this book introduces new ways of perceiving current productions of the Fantasy genre. In doing so, it also explores how Fantasy Fiction exhibits a conscious awareness of its own form.

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About the Author

C. Palmer-Patel is head editor of Fantastika Journal. Recent publications include Sideways in Time, co-edited with Glyn Morgan, and "Imperialism as ‘Evil’ in Epic Fantasy: An Analysis of the Fantasy Works of Eddings, Jordan, Sanderson, and Brett," co-authored with Matthew J. Elder.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367189143
ISBN 13 
9780367189143
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
188

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