Liminality in fantastic fiction
Subtitle: a poststructuralist approach
By: Sandor Klapcsik
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786464739
Subjects: Fantasy fiction; History and criticism; Poststructuralism; Liminality in literature
Description: ""Intriguing"--Matt Hills, Cardiff University, the author of Fan Cultures and The Pleasures of Horror; "Mr. Klapcsik...is certainly deeply knowledgeable about the whole range of post-structuralist theory, and able to use a number of theoretical vocabularies with authority"--Brian McHale, Ohio State University, the author of Constructing Postmodernism and The Obligation toward the Difficult Whole"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The significance of liminality in popular fiction; title: Liminality and the fantastic in Agatha Christie's detective stories; title: Liminal fantasy in Neil Gaiman's fiction; title: Stanislaw Lem: liminality and the revenge of the mirror on alien planets; title: Philip K. Dick: urbanity, liminality, multiplicity; title: Conclusion: Converging and diverging manifestations of liminality and multiplicity.