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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... perception that he wants to present through the poem's moral . The defamiliarization of traditional lessons by means ... perception for a moral as in " For / From Lew , " makes the issue of altered perceptions the very theme of the poem ...
... Perception here is a balance and interweaving of thought and feeling . Such a state will provide access to a distinct level of language , a level that will already be beyond or prior to discursive thought and even the necessary words ...
... ( Perception Barriers , 24 ) and " Twinned Stars : Newton & Halley " ( Perception Barriers , 26 ) , he demonstrates one additional facet of SF poetry : the concern for science and its influence on our world . " Perception Barriers , " the ...
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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