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These introductions all share the same nine-part structure:
1. A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements
2. A timeline of historical developments
3. Critical concerns to bear in mind while reading
4. Detailed readings of several key texts
5. In-depth analysis of major themes and issues
6. Signposts for further study
7. A summary of the most important criticism in the field
8. A glossary of terms
9. An annotated, critical reading list
Writers covered in this book include:
Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, George Orwell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Shelley, J.K. Rowling, H.G. Wells, Thomas More, Jonathan Swift, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Yann Martel, Jeanette Winterson, and William Gibson.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1—What is Fantasy Writing?
Introduction Beyond the Horizon Epic Space
Chapter 2—Fantasy as Timeline Introduction The Origins of Modern Fantasy Early Modern Fantasy Tree versus Leaf: Reading the Present through the Past Phantasm versus Fantasia
Chapter 3—How to Read Fantasy; Or, Dreams and Their Fictional Readers Introduction Reading Dreams Medieval Dream Vision The World in/of the Mirror
Chapter 4—The Best and Best Known Introduction Play and Nonsense: Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear Cartographies and Geographies of Fantasy: Animal Farm and Gulliver’s Travels J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings Mary Shelley, Frankenstein: Discourses of Monstrosity The Monsters of Middle Earth Adolescent Monsters: Harry Potter H.G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon and The Time Machine
‘Other Desires’: Homoeroticism and the Feminine Mothers and Mirrors: Harry Potter
Chapter 5—The Utopia as an Underlying Feature of All Major Modes of Fantasy Introduction Thomas More, Utopia Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Herland H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon and The Time Machine Inter-Generic Texts: The Time Machine and A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court Yann Martel, Life of Pi George Orwell, Animal Farm Technology Versus Magic: A Connecticut Yankee and Harry Potter Jeanette Winterson, The PowerBook William Gibson, Neuromancer
Chapter 6—One Key Question: Is There Life for Fantasy Beyond Genre?
Introduction Ghosts and Their Readers Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens, ‘The Signalman’
Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Edith Wharton, ‘The Eyes’
Chapter 7—Fantasy Criticism Introduction Interrogating the Boundaries of Fantasy: Todorov, Marin, and Tolkien Determining Spaces: Tolkien, Bettelheim, and Zipes Fantasy as (Dream-)Screen: Psychoanalytic Approaches New Bodies/New Knowledge: Massey, Haraway, Botting
Chapter 8—A Glossary of Terms
Chapter 9—Selected Reading List
Index.
Overview
These introductions all share ...