State of the fantastic
State of the fantastic: studies in the theory and practice of fantastic literature and film: selected essays from the Eleventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 1990
edited by Nicholas Ruddick
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1992.
ISBN: 0313278539
DDC: 809.915
LCC: PN56
Edition: (alk. paper)
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Library: Washington University (St. Louis, MO)
Last Loaded: 10/14/2006
MARC Timestamp: 08/06/1993
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111 2 $aInternational Conference on the Fantastic in the
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245 10 $aState of the fantastic :$bstudies in the theory
and practice of fantastic literature and film : selected
essays from the Eleventh International Conference on the
Fantastic in the Arts, 1990 /$cedited by Nicholas Ruddick.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bGreenwood Press,$c1992.
300 $axvi, 210 p. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aContributions to the study of science fiction and
fantasy,$x0193-6875 ;$vno. 50.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aFantasy literature$xHistory and
criticism$xCongresses.
650 0 $aFantasy in mass media$xCongresses.
700 1 $aRuddick, Nicholas,$d1952-
935 $aADT3377
970 01 $tPreface
970 11 $tIntroduction: Learning to Resist the
Wolf$cNicholas Ruddick$fRuddick, Nicholas, 1952-
970 11 $lPt. I$tA Manifesto for Fantasists
970 12 $t"Oh God, Here Come the Elves!"$cJane
Yolen$fYolen, Jane.$p3
970 11 $lPt. II$tUnreal Rhetorics: Contemporary Fantastic
Theory and Practice
970 12 $tFantasy and the Narrative Transaction$cBrian
Attebery$fAttebery, Brian, 1951-$p15
970 12 $tSpecular SF: Postmodern Allegory$cVeronica
Hollinger$fHollinger, Veronica$p29
970 12 $tKnowing about Knowing: Paradigms of Knowledge in
the Postmodern Fantastic$cPeter Malekin$fMalekin, Peter.$p41
970 12 $tIm/maculate: Some Instances of Gnostic Science
Fiction$cReinhold Kramer$fKramer, Reinhold$p49
970 12 $tThe Reproduction of the Body in Space$cElisabeth
Vonarburg$fVonarburg, Elisabeth, 1947-$p59
970 11 $lPt. III$tRecovering the Numinous: Studies in the
British and European Fantastic
970 12 $tM. G. Lewis and Later Gothic Fiction: The
Numinous Dissipated$cRobert F. Geary$fGeary, Robert F.$p75
970 12 $tThe Taming of the Screw: Rohmer's Filming of
Kleist's "Die Marquise von O..."$cMary Rhiel$fRhiel, Mary,
1949-$p83
970 12 $tAlain Robbe-Grillet and the Fantastic$cTony
Chadwick$fChadwick, Tony.$cVirginia
Harger-Grinling$fHarger-Grinling, Virginia.$p91
970 12 $tCaricature, Parody, Satire: Narrative Masks as
Subversion of the Picaro in Patrick Suskind's Perfume$cEdith
Borchardt$fBorchardt, Edith, 1943-$p97
970 11 $lPt. IV$tFrom the Empire of the Senseless: Studies
in American Fantasy and Science Fiction
970 12 $tReality, Fiction and Wu in The Man in the High
Castle$cJianjiong Zhu$fZhu, Jianjiong$p107
970 12 $tZelazny's Black: The Sidekick as Second
Self$cCarl B. Yoke$fYoke, Carl B.$p115
970 12 $tSuicide, Murder, Culture, and Catastrophe: Joanna
Russ's We Who Are About To...$cPatrick D. Murphy$fMurphy,
Patrick D., 1951-$p121
970 12 $tGetting a Kick out of Chaos: "Fortunate Failure"
in Greg Bear's Future Histories$cLen Hatfield$fHatfield,
Len$p133
970 12 $tOut of Blue Water: Dream Flight and Narrative
Construction in the Novels of Toni Morrison$cGrace A.
Epstein$fEpstein, Grace A.$p141
970 12 $tDominance and Subversion: The Horizontal Sublime
and Erotic Empowerment in the Works of Kathy Acker$cGreg
Lewis Peters$fPeters, Greg Lewis$p149
970 11 $lPt. V$tMachine Nightmares: Sex and Techno-Horror
in Fantastic Literature and Film
970 12 $tThe Dawn Patrol: Sex, Technology, and Irony in
Farmer and Ballard$cGary K. Wolfe$fWolfe, Gary K.,
1946-$p159
970 12 $tThe Making of Frankenstein's Monster: Post-Golem,
Pre-Robot$cNorma Rowen$fRowen, Norma$p169
970 12 $tWestworld, Futureworld, and the World's
Obscenity$cJ. P. Telotte$fTelotte, J. P., 1949-$p179
970 12 $tThe Animal at the Door: Modern Works of Horror
and the Natural Animal$cMarian Scholtmeijer$fScholtmeijer,
Marian Louise.$p189
970 01 $tIndex$p199
970 01 $tAbout the Editor and Contributors$p207