Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction

by Eric S. Rabkin and George Edgar Slusser

These 17 essays from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference examine the relationship between fantasy and science fiction.

They propose that fantasy and science fiction are not isolated commercial literary forms, but instead are literary forms worthy of the recognition reserved for traditional literature. Discussion of genre identification ranges from the standard forms of literary criticism embodied in Aristotle's mimesis and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080931374X
• ISBN13: 9780809313747
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"