Fantastic Literature
Subtitle: A Critical Reader
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780275980535
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Literary Criticism & Collections / Science Fiction; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Fantasy literature; History and criticism
First sentence: Is the fantastic primarily a literature of fragmentation, a subversive literature that reveals our desires in a fun-house mirror, opening an abyss of meaning, questioning the limits of self and society?