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100	1		_aJackson, Rosemary.
245	1	0	_aFantasy _h[electronic resource] : _bthe literature of subversion / _cRosemary Jackson.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c1998, c1981.
300			_ax, 211 p.
490	1		_aNew accents.
500			_aFirst published 1981 by Methuen; reprinted 1998 by Routledge.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-205) and indexes.
505	0		_a1 INTRODUCTION, Part One: Theory, 2 THE FANTASTIC AS A MODE, The imagination in exile, The ‘real’ under scrutiny, The marvellous, mimetic and fantastic, Non-signification, Topography, themes, myths, 3 PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES, The uncanny, Metamorphosis and entropy, Disintegrated bodies, Part Two: Texts 4 GOTHIC TALES AND NOVELS 5 FANTASTIC REALISM 6 VICTORIAN FANTASIES 7 FROM KAFKA’S ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ TO PYNCHON’S ‘ENTROPY’ 8 AFTERWORD: THE ‘UNSEEN’ OF CULTURE
506			_aOnline version restricted to NUS staff and students only through NUSNET.
520			_aThis study argues against vague interpretations of fantasy as mere escapism and seeks to define it as a distinct kind of narrative. A general theoretical section introduces recent work on fantasy, notably Tzventan Todorov's The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (1973). Dr Jackson, however, extends Todorov's ideas to include aspects of psychoanalytical theory. Seeing fantasy as primarily an expression of unconscious drives, she stresses the importance of the writings of Freud and subsequent theorists when analysing recurrent themes, such as doubling or multiplying selves, mirror images, metamorphosis and bodily disintegration.^l Gothic fiction, classic Victorian fantasies, the 'fantastic realism' of Dickens and Dostoevsky, tales by Mary Shelley, James Hogg, E.T.A. Hoffmann, George Eliot, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, R.L. Stevenson, Franz Kafka, Mervyn Peake and Thomas Pynchon are among the texts covered. Through a reading of these frequently disquieting works, Dr Jackson moves towards a definition of fantasy expressing cultural unease. These issues are discussed in relation to a wide range of fantasies with varying images of desire and disenchantment.
530			_aAlso available in print edition.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
538			_aSystem requirements: Internet connectivity; World Wide Web browser.
650		0	_aFantasy fiction _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEuropean fiction _y18th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEuropean fiction _y19th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEuropean fiction _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
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830		0	_aNew accents (Routledge (Firm))
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