Shape of Fantasy
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A Brief History of Time
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All the Weyrs of Pern
American Epics
American Fantasy Authors
American Fantasy Literature
American heroic epic fantasy
American Literary Heros
Anne McCaffrey
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Brandon Samerson
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Contemporary American Literature
cosmological models in literature
cosmology
David Eddings
David Farland
Determined Fate
Dragon's Blood
Dragon’s Blood
Epic Fantasy
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Fairy Godmother
Fantasy Fiction
Fantasyland
Five Hundred Kingdoms
Future Light Cone
Gail Z. Martin
Generations Entropy Increases
genre theory
Great Hunt
Hero in American Literature
Hero of Ages
Hero's Journey
Heroic Epic
Hero’s Journey
Idle Argument
James Clemens
Leigh Eddings
Light Cone
Liminal Figure
literary worldbuilding
Lois McMaster Bujold
Lord Ruler
Magic Users
Mallorean
Maxwell's Demon
Maxwell’s Demon
Mercedes Lackey
Messianic Hero
Metaphysical Entity
Mistborn
Modern American Literature
mythic archetypes
Narrative Dominance
narrative patterns
narrative structure analysis
Past Light Cone
Patricia A. McKillip
Recursive Structures
Robert Jordan
Shadowfall
space-time representation
Steven Hawking
Stone of Tears
Strange Attractors
structural analysis of fantasy fiction
Terry Goodkind
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Curse of Chalion
The Fairy Godmother
The Fantastic
The Great Hunt
The Liberation of Imagination
The Seeress of Kell
The Summoner
The Wyrmling Horde
Todorov
Vice Versa
Wizardborn
Product details
- ISBN 9780367189143
- Weight: 530g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Shape of Fantasy is an in-depth look at Heroic Epic Fantasy. It depicts structural and narrative patterns with models stemming from science and philosophy. Although Fantasy Fiction is generally defined by its impossibility, Fantasy Fiction not an illogical form. It is, in fact, governed by a sense of rules and structure, one that reflects our current understanding of space-time and cosmology. These models are an integral part of the structure of Heroic Epic Fantasy itself. Thus, this book introduces new ways of perceiving current productions of the Fantasy genre. In doing so, it also explores how Fantasy Fiction exhibits a conscious awareness of its own form.
C. Palmer-Patel is head editor of Fantastika Journal. Recent publications include Sideways in Time, co-edited with Glyn Morgan, and "Imperialism as ‘Evil’ in Epic Fantasy: An Analysis of the Fantasy Works of Eddings, Jordan, Sanderson, and Brett," co-authored with Matthew J. Elder.
