Visions of the Fantastic

International Conference on the Fantasti

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 68
• This exciting collection of essays explores the fantastic in world literature, art, theater, film, and popular culture. Highlights include artwork by ... Lees meer

Offensive Films

Mikita Brottman

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 72
• The films discussed in this book have been labeled cinéma vomitif because they induce a visceral response in their audience. They are an underground h... Lees meer

The Utopian Fantastic

Martha A Bartter

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 105
• Utopia forms a major aspect of human desire, one that is as important as religion. Understanding utopia and the ways in which it can collapse into dys... Lees meer

Young Adult Science Fiction

C. W., III Sullivan

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 79
• At the close of the nineteenth century, American youths developed a growing interest in electricity and its applications, machines, and gadgetry. When... Lees meer

Transrealist Fiction

Damien Broderick

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 90
• Transrealist writing treats immediate perceptions in a fantastic way, according to science fiction writer and mathematician Rudy Rucker, who originate... Lees meer

The Unexpected Universe of Doris Lessing

Katherine Fishburn

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 17
• In this first study of Doris Lessing's science fiction, Fishburn devotes a chapter to each of Lessing's seven novels. Her major argument is that Lessi... Lees meer

Spiritual Exploration in the Works of Doris Lessing

Phyllis Sternburg

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 81
• Though Doris Lessing never explicitly refers to spirituality in her works, she nonetheless explores spiritual issues throughout her texts. This book e... Lees meer

Strange Shadows

Steve Behrends

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Strange Shadows opens a window into the dark, visionary worlds of Clark Ashton Smith, whose verbal black magic was a significant force in the American... Lees meer

Phoenix from the Ashes

Carl B. Yoke

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 30
• This interesting and unusual collection of essays explores the post-holocaust theme as it has been treated in science fiction and fantasy literature. ... Lees meer

Flashes of the Fantastic

David Ketterer

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 94
• The 19th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts was focused on the centennial of the initial publication of H. G. Wells's The War of th... Lees meer

J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances

George Clark, Daniel Timmons

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 89
• Although Tolkien's literary works have, over the past few decades, attracted a considerable and varied body of criticism, much of this material is ina... Lees meer

The Fantastic Sublime

David Sandner

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 69
• Many Victorian and Edwardian fantasy stories began as extemporaneous oral tales told for the delight of children and, like Alice in Wonderland and The... Lees meer

The Fantastic Vampire

James Craig Holte

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 91
• Wherever vampires existed in the imaginations of different peoples, they adapted themselves to the customs of the local culture. As a result, vampire ... Lees meer

When World Views Collide

John J Pierce

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 37
• Science fiction has evolved and diverged in many ways and moods. When World Views Collide is the third and final volume in a history of the genre that... Lees meer

Folklore and the Fantastic in Twelve Modern Irish Novels

Marguerite Quintelli-Neary

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 76
• Ireland has a rich mythological tradition that stretches back for centuries, and much of this folklore tells tales of the fantastic. During the Irish ... Lees meer

Trajectories of the Fantastic

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 70
• The essays in this volume examine elements of the fantastic in a variety of media. From the fiction of Toni Morrison, Stephen King, and Chinua Achebe,... Lees meer

Great Themes of Science Fiction

John J Pierce

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy
• The most comprehensive work of its kind, Great Themes of Science Fiction looks at the most important elements of the genre and shows how each has evol... Lees meer

Tolkien's Legendarium

Verlyn Flieger, Carl F. Hostetter

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 86
• As a scholar of medieval languages and literature, J.R.R. Tolkien brought to his fiction an intense interest in myth and legend. When he died in 1973,... Lees meer

Transformations of Language in Modern Dystopias

David W Sisk

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 75
• As the 20th century has progressed, dystopian fiction has gained power as utopian fiction has become increasingly irrelevant. As an overtly didactic g... Lees meer

Clockwork Worlds

Thomas P. Dunn, Richard D. Erlich

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 7
• Taken to extremes, social organization--however necessary in itself--leads to the creation of what editors Erlich and Dunn label Clockwork Worlds. Thi... Lees meer

The Reclamation of a Queen

Barbara Ann Gordon-Wise

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy
• The Reclamation of a Queen seeks new approaches to Guinevere's shadowed, negative image in the Arthurian legends. There the Queen was generally percei... Lees meer

The Celebration of the Fantastic

Csilla Bertha, Donald Morse, Marshall B. Tymn

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 49
• The Celebration of the Fantastic reaffirms the wide range and validity of the subject, treatment, and approach that the fantastic demands. Twenty-five... Lees meer

Science Fiction for Young Readers

C. W., III Sullivan

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 56
• In this collection of essays, authorities on a wide range of topics related to science fiction discuss themes and particular works of special interest... Lees meer

The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut

Donald E Morse

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy | nr. 103
• Vonnegut belongs to what Emerson called the party of hope but hope clearly restricted to this world. This book is the first scholarly study to discuss... Lees meer