Ellipse of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Postmodern Fantasy

by Lance Olsen

This fascinating study of literary theory is the first work of its kind to examine the intersection of fantasy and postmodernism, and to analyze contemporary fantasy writers comparatively. After carefully developing working definitions of postmodernism and fantasy, the author goes on to analyze works by various postmodernist fantasy writers. Olsen's approach is eclectic, bringing to each text or textual complex those forces he feels most interestingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313255113
• ISBN13: 9780313255113
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"