The Fantastic in Literature / / Eric S. Rabkin.

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 tra...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1976
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1643
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Bibliographic Note
  • I. The Fantastic and Fantasy
  • II. The Fantastic and Escape
  • III. The Fantastic and Perspective
  • IV. The Fantastic and Genre Criticism
  • V. The Fantastic and Literary History
  • VI. The Scope of the Fantastic
  • Index