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The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre

By Tzvetan Todorov, Richard Howard (Translator), Robert Scholes (Introduction)
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By Tzvetan Todorov, Richard Howard (Translator), Robert Scholes (Introduction)
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"This, the first of Todorov's books to be translated into English (it was originally published in French in 1970), is brilliant.... Todorov's attempt to formulate a general theory for studying themes without subordinating literary theory to the social sciences makes this book indispensable to serious students of literature."
― Library Journal

In The Fantastic, Tzvetan Todorov seeks to examine both generic theory and a particular genre, moving back and forth between a poetics of the fantastic ...

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LiteratureLiterary CriticismGenres & Literary FormsScience Fiction & Fantasy - Literary CriticismMiscellaneous Genres & Literary Forms - Literary Criticism