Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader

by David Sandner

Unprecedented in range and scope, this volume serves as a record of and reference for the development of fantasy literature. Working to be inclusive, rather than exclusive, opening a dialogue wherever possible, Sandner presents the full range of debates concerning the fantastic and its relationship to the sublime, the Gothic, children's literature, romance and comedy, and the purposes of imaginative literature. Introductions to each essay, presented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275980537
• ISBN13: 9780275980535
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"