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This sweeping study of fantasy literature offers "new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work" (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts).
Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for the genre. Drawing on nearly two hundred examples of modern fantasy, author Farah Mendlesohn identifies four categories-portal-quest,...
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 499
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 549
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of H.P. Lovecraft.
6) Susan Cooper
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Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 696
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Susan Cooper.