Bridges to Fantasy : essays from the Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy literature.
Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin (eds.)
Language: English
Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1982
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Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press , 1982. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. xiii,229 pp. 23 cm. (Alternatives). - Essays presented at the Second Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature held, Februari 23-24, 1980, at the University of California, Riverside. These essays demonstrate the variety of fantasy forms and their pervasiveness throughout the ages and will stimulate further study of this complex and elusive mode. The essays?by Harold Bloom, writer and DeVane Professor of the Humanities at Yale University; Larry McCaffery, Assistant Professor of English at San Diego State University; Marta E. Sánchez, Instructor of English at the University of California, San Diego; Arlen J. Hansen, Professor of English at the University of the Pacific, Stockton; David Clayton, Instructor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego; Robert Sale, writer and Professor of English at the University of Washington; G. Richard Thompson, Professor of English at Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robert A. Collins, Coordinator of the annual Swann Conference on the Fantastic and Instructor at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; John Gerlach, Associate Professor of English at Cleveland State University; David Ketterer, writer and Professor of English at Concordia University, Montreal; George R. Guffey, Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles; Jack P. Rawlins, Associate Professor of English at California State University, Chico; and Gary Kern, writer and translator of early Soviet literature?examine fantasy on many levels of interest: as an element of human thought, as a constant factor in the social and intellectual environment, and as a generator of form in art and literature. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780809310432. Keywords : LITERARY CRITICISM, science fiction.…
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- Title
- Bridges to Fantasy : essays from the Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy literature.
- Author
- Slusser, George E. & Eric S. Rabkin (eds.)
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- as new
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0809310430
- ISBN 13
- 9780809310432
Thirteen original essays written specifically for the second Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, held February 23–24, 1980, at the University of California, Riverside.
These essays demonstrate the variety of fantasy forms and their pervasiveness throughout the ages and will stimulate further study of this complex and elusive mode. The essays―by Harold Bloom, writer and DeVane Professor of the Humanities at Yale University; Larry McCaffery, Assistant Professor of English at San Diego State University; Marta E. Sánchez, Instructor of English at the University of California, San Diego; Arlen J. Hansen, Professor of English at the University of the Pacific, Stockton; David Clayton, Instructor of Comparative Literatureat the University of California, San Diego; Robert Sale, writer and Professor of English at the University of Washington; G. Richard Thompson, Professor of English at Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robert A. Collins, Coordinator of the annual Swann Conference on the Fantastic and Instructor at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; John Gerlach, Associate Professor of English at Cleveland State University; David Ketterer, writer and Professor of English at Concordia University, Montreal; George R. Guffey, Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles; Jack P. Rawlins, Associate Professor of English at California State University, Chico; and Gary Kern, writer and translator of early Soviet literature―examine fantasy on many levels of interest: as an element of human thought, as a constant factor in the social and intellectual environment, and as a generator of form in art and literature.
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About the Author
George E. Slusser is Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Curator of the Eaton Collection at the University of California, Riverside.
Eric S. Rabkin is Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has published on Shakespeare and Renaissance literature.
Robert Scholes is Professor of English and Chairman of the Semiotics Program at Brown University.
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