Query: fictional books about literature not pop culture
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy
Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction
Pour un nouveau roman
The Reception of Derrida
The James Bond Dossier
The Quickening Maze
The Flight to Lucifer
The D Case
Taipei (novel)
The Spell of Conan
Arlington Park (novel)
Tree and Leaf
The Hours (novel)
Evidence from documents: Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy: '''Imaginary Worlds: the Art of Fantasy''''' is a study of the modern literary fantasy genre written by Lin Carter.
Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction: '''''Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction''''' is a 2016 book by American author Michael Levy and British author Farah Mendlesohn. I
Pour un nouveau roman: '''''Pour un nouveau roman''''' (translated as '''''For a New Novel''''' (US), '''''Towards a New Novel''''' (UK)) is a 1963 collection of theoretical writings by French author Alain Robbe-Grillet.
Published by Les Éditions de Minuit, the articles which constitute the book had been published between 1955 and 1963 in a number of French publications, and some were revised prior to inclusion in the book.
The Reception of Derrida: In response to this cultural and academic phenomenon, the book examines how Derrida's own understanding of translation and inheritance illuminate the 'translation and transformation' of his own works.
The James Bond Dossier: '''''The James Bond Dossier''''' (1965), by Kingsley Amis, is a critical analysis of the James Bond novels.
The Quickening Maze: '''''The Quickening Maze''''' is a 2009 historical fiction novel by British poet and author Adam Foulds and published by Jonathan Cape. The book received the Encore Award (2009), European Union Prize for Literature (2011) and was shortlisted for Man Booker Prize (2009) and Walter Scott Prize (2010).
The Flight to Lucifer: '''''The Flight to Lucifer: A Gnostic Fantasy''''' is a 1979 fantasy novel by American critic Harold Bloom, inspired by his reading of David Lindsay's fantasy novel ''A Voyage to Arcturus'' (1920). The plot, which adapts Lindsay's characters and narrative and features themes drawn from Gnosticism, concerns Thomas Perscors, who is transported from Earth to the planet Lucifer by Seth Valentinus.
The D Case: '''''The D Case, Or The Truth About The Mystery Of Edwin Drood''''' (original Italian title: ''La verità sul caso D.'', 'The truth about the D. case') is a humorous literary critique of Charles Dickens' unfinished work ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', first published in Italy in 1989.
Taipei (novel): '''''Taipei''''' is a 2013 novel by Tao Lin. It is his third novel.
On August 15, 2011, ''The New York Observer'' reported that Lin had sold his third novel, then titled ''Taipei, Taiwan'', to Vintage. Lin's agent, Bill Clegg, brokered the deal with editor Tim O'Connell based on "a 5000-word excerpt and a ~3-page outline", for "$50,000 with a $10,000 bonus if it earns out its advance." Lin reportedly chose Vintage after meeting with four other editors, including those at Little, Brown and Harper Perennial. Earlier that morning, the ''Wall Street Journal'' broke the news and briefly interviewed Lin on his decision. Lin said, "Vintage/Knopf publishes most of my favorite writers: Lorrie Moore, Ann Beattie, Bret Easton Ellis."
The Spell of Conan: '''''The Spell of Conan''''' is a 1980 collection of essays, poems and fiction edited by L. Sprague de Camp, published in paperback by Ace Books. The material was originally published as articles in George H. Scithers' fanzine ''Amra''. The book is a companion to Ace's earlier volume of material from ''Amra'', ''The Blade of Conan'' (1979). Most of the material in the two volumes, together with some additional material, was reprinted from three previous books issued in hardcover by Mirage Press; de Camp's collection ''The Conan Reader'' (1968), and the de Camp and Scithers-edited anthologies ''The Conan Swordbook'' (1969). and ''The Conan Grimoire'' (1972).
The book consists of thirty-seven pieces, mostly essays on fantasy writer Robert E. Howard and his seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, Howard's sources and literary successors, and other fantasy authors such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, E. R. Eddison, Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance, Fletcher Pratt, Leslie Barringer, Fritz Leiber, Sax Rohmer and Talbot Mundy. Some original material by Howard, a number of fantasy poems and a few fictional pieces are also included.
Arlington Park (novel): irst edition (publ. Faber & Faber)


'''''Arlington Park''''' is author Rachel Cusk’s seventh book.


The novel is a rewriting of the Virginia Woolf novel ''Mrs. Dalloway''.


Set in a single day in suburban England, the book chronicles the minor victories and tragedies of a group of middle-class families. In the characters’ preparations for a dinner party, the book explores the thoughts and actions of each person
Tree and Leaf: '''''Tree and Leaf''''' is a small book published in 1964, containing two works by J. R. R. Tolkien:
* a revised version of an essay called "On Fairy-Stories" (originally published in 1947 in ''Essays Presented to Charles Williams'')
* an allegorical short story called "Leaf by Niggle" (originally published in the ''Dublin Review'' in 1945).
The Hours (novel): fictional books: 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
about literature: 1923, author Virginia Woolf is writing ''Mrs. Dalloway