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Author Irwin, W. R. (William Robert), 1915-1996.

Title The game of the impossible : a rhetoric of fantasy
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1976]
©1976

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 W'PONDS  823.0876 I72855/G  AVAILABLE
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Description xii, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Includes index
Summary ...In this first thorough examination of the genre, W.R. Irwin attempts to bring order to this phenomenon of cultural history by examining the common characteristics of fantasies written between 1880 and 1957...--book jacket
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [199]-205
Includes index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism.
Fantasy in literature.
LC no. 76013459
ISBN 0252005872