George R.R. Martin and the Fantasy Form

ISBN-13: 9781032093482 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 230 str.

Joseph Young

Opis

Written in clear and accessible prose, George R. R. Martin and the Fantasy Form is a timely work which encourages a reassessment of Martin and his approach to his most famous novels.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: The American Pratchett? – Muck and Modality

Chapter 2: "Enough about Whores" – Sex and Characterisation

Chapter 3: "Look with Your Eyes" – Immersion and Thinning

Chapter 4: "Dead Men Come Hunting" – Intrusion and Recovery

Chapter 5: "Remember that You were Brothers" – Superstition and Cohesion

Chapter 6: "But Here You Are" – Magic and Healing

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Dr. Joseph Rex Young lives and works in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he pursues his research interests in Gothic literature, neo-Romanticism, and the intellectual history and structure of modern fantasy narrative. He has taught at universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and New Zealand. This is his first monograph.