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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... Death : The other Shape , If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member , joint , or ... death are more terrible but less revolting than Spenser's Error , though the rape and incest in the hellish trinity of ...
... death : “ Laura dwindling / Seemed knocking at Death's door " ( 320–21 ) . The threat of her sister's death inspires Lizzie to undertake the quest to save her . Lizzie's visit to the goblin merchants is a voyage to the underworld . She ...
... death into the natural world . Proof of this occurs when he returns to the earth through death : " Now I have wooed and won you , bridal earth , / Beautiful world that lives , desire of men " ( 89 ) . Death reunites Dymer with nature ...
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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