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| Genre/Form: | Congresses Congrès |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bridges to fantasy. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1982 (OCoLC)572238264 |
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
George Edgar Slusser; Eric S Rabkin; Robert Scholes |
| ISBN: | 0809310430 9780809310432 |
| OCLC Number: | 7922902 |
| Notes: | "Written specifically for the Second Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy, held February 23-24, 1980, at the University of California, Riverside"--Introd. |
| Description: | xi, 231 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Clinamen: towards a theory of fantasy / Harold Bloom -- Form, formula, and fantasy: generative structures in contemporary fiction / Larry McCaffery -- A view from inside the fishbowl: Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl" / Marta E. Sánchez -- The meeting of parallel lines: science, fiction, and science fiction / Arlen J. Hansen -- On realistic and fantastic discourse / David Clayton -- The audience in children's literature / Roger Sale -- The apparition of this world: transcendentalism and the American "ghost" story / G.R. Thompson -- Fantasy and "forestructures": the effect of philosophical climate upon perceptions of the fantastic / Robert A. Collins -- The logic of wings: Garcia Márquez, Todorov, and the endless resources of fantasy / John Gerlach -- Power fantasy in the "science fiction" of Mark Twain / David Ketterer -- The unconscious, fantasy, and science fiction: transformations in Bradbury's Martian chronicles and Lem's Solaris / George R. Guffey -- Confronting the alien: fantasy and antifantasy in science fiction film and literature / Jack P. Rawlins -- The search for fantasy: from primitive man to pornography / Gary Kern. |
| Series Title: | Alternatives. |
| Responsibility: | edited by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes. |
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Table of Contents:
Introduction / George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, and Robert Scholes vii
Clinamen: towards a theory of fantasy / Harold Bloom 1
Form, formula, and fantasy: generative structures in contemporary fiction / Larry McCaffery 21
A view from inside the fishbowl: Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl" / Marta E. Sánchez 38
The meeting of parallel lines: science, fiction, and science fiction / Arlen J. Hansen 51
On realistic and fantastic discourse / David Clayton 59
The audience in children's literature / Roger Sale 78
The apparition of this world: transcendentalism and the American "ghost" story / G.R. Thompson 90
Fantasy and "forestructures": the effect of philosophical climate upon perceptions of the fantastic / Robert A. Collins 108
The logic of wings: Garcia Márquez, Todorov, and the endless resources of fantasy / John Gerlach 121
Power fantasy in the "science fiction" of Mark Twain / David Ketterer 130
The unconscious, fantasy, and science fiction: transformations in Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" and Lem's "Solaris" / George R. Guffey 142
Confronting the alien: fantasy and antifantasy in science fiction film and literature / Jack P. Rawlins 160
The search for fantasy: from primitive man to pornography / Gary Kern 175
Notes 197
Biographical Notes 219
Index 221
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