"Literature of Fantasy and the Supernatural," edited by Gail
Finney, presents a diverse and colorful spectrum of supernatural
phenomena-- automatons, ghosts, talking animals, detached body
parts with a life of their own, magical transformations, animated
objects, mad scientists, and angels-- offering a vivid display of
the endless powers of the imagination. Although fantasy and the
supernatural have been present in literature since its beginnings,
in the West these themes are especially prevalent in the 19th and
20th centuries. This collection provides a comprehensive treatment
of the fantastic mode during its heyday, ranging from the tales of
the early 19th-century writer E.T.A. Hoffmann to the stories of the
late 20th-century writer Gabriel Garci a Marquez. The volume is
comparative in nature, including authors from Germany, the United
States, England, France, Argentina, Japan, and Colombia. The
selections in this anthology are presented in their entirety rather
than in excerpt. This feature, together with the chronological
organization of the volume, allows undergraduate students to
readily understand the ways in which the representation of fantasy
and the supernatural has developed over time.
Gail Finney (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) is
Professor of Comparative Literature and German at the University of
California, Davis, where she teaches courses on 19th- and
20th-century European literature. Previously she taught at Harvard
University. The literature of fantasy and the supernatural provides
a welcome antidote to her current work on family trauma in
contemporary American film. Her books include "The Counterfeit
Idyll: The Garden Ideal and Social Reality in Nineteenth-Century
Fiction, Women in Modern Drama: Freud, Feminism, and European
Theater at the Turn of the Century, Look Who's Laughing: Gender and
Comedy" (ed.), "Christa Wolf," and "Visual Culture in
Twentieth-Century Germany: Text as Spectacle" (ed.) In 2007 she
received a Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award.
General
Imprint: |
Cognella Academic Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2013 |
First published: |
April 2013 |
Editors: |
Gail Finney
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Dimensions: |
254 x 203 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
310 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-62131-421-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Fantasy
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LSN: |
1-62131-421-9 |
Barcode: |
9781621314219 |
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