Introduction: The Arkhitekton -- The fantastic of place and the fantastic of space -- Body: (not) being in space -- Boundary: liquid constructions -- Hierarchy: spaces inside-out -- World: ontological plurality -- Conclusion: The fantastic dimension of space
Summary
Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality (both factual and fictional), this book investigates how conceptions of postmodern space have transformed the history of the impossible in literature. Deeply influenced by the work of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of fantastic texts in which the impossible is bound to space - space not as scene of action but as impossible element performing a fantastic transgression within the storyworld. This book conce
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index
