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Drawing on a number of literary theories (but avoiding most of their jargon), the author makes a case for fantasy as a significant movement within postmodern literature rather than as a simple exercise of nostalgia. It examines fantasies by Ursula K Le Guin, John Crowley, JRR Tolkien, Diana Wynne Jones, and Gene Wolfe, among others.

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This is one of the most persuasive and well-reasoned accounts of how and why fantasy works and what its relationship is to canonical literature.

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Strategies of Fantasy

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/03/1992
      ISBN13: 9780253310705, 978-0253310705
      ISBN10: 0253310709
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      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on a number of literary theories (but avoiding most of their jargon), the author makes a case for fantasy as a significant movement within postmodern literature rather than as a simple exercise of nostalgia. It examines fantasies by Ursula K Le Guin, John Crowley, JRR Tolkien, Diana Wynne Jones, and Gene Wolfe, among others.

      Trade Review

      This is one of the most persuasive and well-reasoned accounts of how and why fantasy works and what its relationship is to canonical literature.

      -- Gary K. Wolfe

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