Grotesques, angels, beast-man, and the Medusa are among the marvelous cast of characters analyzed in this volume. Originally presented at the 7th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts held in 1986, these essays are responses by scholars to a range of creative works by Mark Strand, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kafka, Tolkien, Henry James, Julio Cortazar, Sherwood Anderson, Ursula Le Guin, I.B.Singer, Joyce and others. Examining both mainstream and fantasy literature from many nations, the authors zero-in on the myriad shapes of the fantastic and study the world of SF and film. Five...