The Poetic Fantastic: Studies in an Evolving GenrePatrick Dennis Murphy, Vernon Hyles Bloomsbury Academic, 1989 M11 20 - 201 pages A groundbreaking contribution to the critical literature, this volume represents the most extensive study of the fantastic in poetry published to date. Designed to serve both as an introduction to and a historical overview of fantastic poetry in the Anglo-American tradition, the authors closely analyze specific periods and poems in order to illuminate more clearly the relationships among fantasty, the fantastic, science fiction, and poetry. The scope of the study is unusually broad and encompasses material from Spenser through the work of a wide range of contemporary American and British poets. |
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... begins with a call to adventure , which may be at first refused . There follows the crossing of the first threshold into a perilous , unknown realm . The hero then moves through the dangerous landscape , encountering a series of trials ...
... begins as a hesitation fantasy but is resolved as a superna- tural ( marvelous ) fantasy ( " hesitation " and " marvelous " are based here on Tzvetan Todorov's definitions in The Fantastic ) . When republished in a 1950 edition , C. S. ...
... begins dissolving , and the contrary - to - fact slips in . Phrases such as for all you know and it may be appear . Strand begins a process of dislodging " reality . ” A hint of paranoia floats up . And finally assertions are postulated ...
Contents
The Poetry of the Fantastic Vernon Hyles | 1 |
Poetry and the PreFantastic Peter Malekin | 11 |
Lamia as Muse Martha Nochimson | 29 |
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