Fantasy and Mimesis (Routledge Revivals): Responses to Reality in Western Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138794467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 214 str.

Kathryn Hume;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

First published in 1984, this book rejects generic definitions of fantasy, arguing that it is not a separate or even separable strain in literary practice, but rather an impulse as significant as that of mimesis. In an analysis that ranges from the Icelandic sagas to science fiction, from Malory to pulp romance, Kathryn Hume systematically examines the various ways in which fantasy and mimesis contribute to literary representations of reality.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements;  Preface;  Part I: Literature and the representation of reality: a new approach to fantasy and mimesis Introduction  1. Critical approaches to fantasy  2. Historical perspectives on fantasy and realism;  Part II: Responses to reality: how is fantasy used? Introduction  3. Literature of illusion: invitations to escape reality  4. Literature of vision: introducing new realities  5. Literature of revision: programs for improving reality  6. Literature of disillusion: making reality unknowable;  Part III: The functions of fantasy: why use fantasy? Introduction  7. Fantasy as a function of form  8. The problem of meaning and the power of fantasy;  Notes;  Index

O autorze

Hume, Kathryn