"Music Makers" and World Creators: The Forms and Functions of Embedded Poems in British Fantasy Narratives

ISBN-13: 9780367609139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 294 str.

Opis

Providing comprehensive case studies of the forms and functions of embedded poems in fantasy literature, this volume illuminates the emergence of modern fantasy and its impact on contemporary fantasy.

O autorze

Michaela Hausmann received her Ph.D. at the University of Vechta, Germany, where she also worked as a research assistant and lecturer in English Literary Studies. She has taught and presented on various aspects of English literature, especially fantasy literature, poetry, Victorian literature, Early Modern drama and Romanticism. Her publications include: Beyond Generic and Medial Borders: Poetry in Fantastic Literary Narratives and Their Respective Film Adaptations, in Timo Müller/David Kerler (eds.). Poetry Unlimited. Berlin: de Gruyter, and Lyrics on Lost Lands: Constructing Lost Places through Poetry in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings in Dimitra Fimi / Thomas Honegger (eds.). Sub-creating Arda: World-building in J.R.R. Tolkien's Work, its Precursors and its Legacies. Zurich / Jena: Walking Tree.