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The Scope of the Fantastic — Culture, Biography, Themes, Children's Literature: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film

Robert A. Collins & Howard D. Pearce

First published 1985
Publisher Greenwood Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Pages xii+284
ISBN 0313234485

(First) International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (1980, Florida Atlantic University)

Data from Greenwood Press and WorldCat, OCLC. Contents from Texas A&M Library.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
3 In the Looking Glasses: The Popular and Cultural Fantasy Response R. C. Schlobin Essay
11 The American Fantasy of Japan in the 1890's and 1970's J. F. Zeugner Essay
23 Approach to the Social Functions of Science Fiction and Fantasy Charles Elkins Essay
33 The Holocaust and the Fantastic: A Negative Revelation? Gila Ramras-Rauch Essay
43 The Forbidden Vision of Berdnyk Olena Saciuk Essay
51 Benevolent Fantasy and the Imagination in...The 1940's Lynette Carpenter Essay
61 Pope's Monsters: Satire and the Grotesque in the Dunciad R. D. Lund Essay
85 Ruskin's King of the Golden River: A Victorian Fairy Tale William Coyle Essay
99 Lemuel Gulliver's Seven Pillars of Wisdom R. E. Hersh Essay
107 Artistic Variations on Living Nightmare: Graves's 'Shout' K. W. Snipes Essay
129 The Circus, the Clown and Coover's Public Burning Richard Pearce Essay
137 The Hawkline Monster: Brautigan's 'Buffoon Mutation' G. E. Slethaug Essay
147 'Report on the Blind': Sabato's Journey Into the Fantastic M. G. Redd Essay
155 Early Illustrations of Pym's 'Shrouded Human Figure' Richard Kopley Essay
179 The Demoness and the Grail: Deciphering Macdonald's Lilith J. M. Walker Essay
191 Experiment as Heroic Quest in Zelazny's 'For a Breath I Tarry' Carolyn Rhodes Essay
199 The Shamanistic Vision in Fantastic Poetry Jean Lorrah Essay
231 Pastoral and Heroic Patterns: Their Uses in Children's Fantasy Anita Moss Essay
239 Le Guin's Earthsea Trilogy: The Psychology of Fantasy R. F. Patteson Essay
249 Trolls and Dragons Versus Pocket Handkerchiefs...The Hobbit David Stevens (1933-) Essay
257 The Liberating Potential of the Fantastic Projection in Fairy Tales for Children Jack Zipes Essay