Fantasy, politics, postmodernity : : Pratchett, Pullman, Miéville and stories of the eye /

Fantasy, politics, postmodernity : : Pratchett, Pullman, Miéville and stories of the eye / / Andrew Rayment.

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“The books are true while reality is lying…” Championing the popular Fantasy genre on the same terms as its readers, Rayment casts a critical eye over the substance and methods of political critique in the Fantasy novels of Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman and China Miéville. Ranging across subjects...

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Superior document:Postmodern Studies ; 52
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Rayment, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, New York : : Rodopi,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Postmodern studies ; 52.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • FANTASY SIGHT: ʻREAL BEINGʼ
  • METAPHOR AND DOMAIN MAPS: PARALLAX SIGHT
  • FROM MIND TO REAL: ONTOLOGICAL SIGHT
  • THEORY, FANTASTIC BEINGS, SPACE: ‘PURIFICATIONAL’ SIGHT
  • SEEING VISIONS: EXPERIMENTAL SIGHT
  • DWARFS, HERMAPHRODITES, LOVERS: FANTASTIC SEX
  • A PLAGUE OF PUNCTUM: POSTMODERN EXCESS
  • “WHAT IT SEEMS IT IS...” (IS A WORLD OF SEEMING)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Appeared earlier in the POSTMODERN STUDIES series.

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