| Description |
1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Contributors |
| Summary |
This volume explores various facets of the relationship between the fantastic and the fin de siècle. The essays included here examine how the fin de siècle reflects the fantastic and its relation to the genesis of aesthetic ideas, to the concepts of terror and horror, the sublime, and evil, to Gothic and sensation fiction, to the Aesthetic Movement and Decadence. They also raise the question regarding the ways in which fantastic literature reflects the dynamic and all-too-often controversial development of the concept of the fantastic. At the same time, the majority of the contributions also i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fantastic, The, in literature.
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Fantasy fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Fantasy fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Literature & literary studies.
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History.
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Cultural studies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Fantasy fiction
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English fiction
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Fantastic, The, in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grubica, Irena, editor
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Beran, Zdeněk, 1959- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781443816465 |
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1443816469 |
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9781443810043 |
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1443810045 |
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