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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 62
... reader's normal perception of reality and the perception that he wants to present through the poem's moral . The defamiliarization of traditional lessons by means of ghostly visitations has a long history in the world of low fantasy and ...
... reader's mind , the narrator describes Dymer's growing hysteria as he thinks he hears music in the midst of the hostile forest . He hears it again , but the reader wonders if it is real or only imaginary . The reader hesitates over the ...
... reader's view still remains impaired by hesitation over the nature of the events that led to Dymer's enlightenment , because just as he first hears the lark within a dream , perhaps he also only experienced the girl in a dream and has ...
Contents
The Poetry of the Fantastic Vernon Hyles | 1 |
Poetry and the PreFantastic Peter Malekin | 11 |
Lamia as Muse Martha Nochimson | 29 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
The Poetic Fantastic: Studies in an Evolving Genre Patrick Dennis Murphy,Vernon Hyles No preview available - 1989 |