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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... continue to do so . Criticism needs to reflect that reality . The essays collected in this volume serve as an introduction to , and a historical overview of , fantastic poetry predominantly in the Anglo - American tradition . While ...
... continue the types of fantasy and revisioning already depicted here , such as " Pasupati " and " Tale , " but LeGuin also introduces another kind of fantasy poem , a little different from the rest : " The Well of Baln " ( 71-73 ) , told ...
... continue to change the literary landscape with each new utterance , so the vision of the fantasy poem will continue to alter and be altered by the very body of writing from which it arises . It should be clear from my contribution to ...
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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