Fantasy / Lucie Armitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armitt, Lucie, 1962- author.

Series:

New critical idiom

The New Critical Idiom

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction.

Fantasy films--History and criticism.

Fantasy films.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

Fantasy provides an invaluable and accessible guide to the study of this fascinating field. 0Covering literature, film, television, ballet, light opera and visual art and featuring a historical overview from Ovid to the Toy Story franchise, this book takes the reader through the key landmark moments in the development of fantasy criticism. This comprehensive guide examines fantasy and politics, fantasy and the erotic, quest narratives and animal fantasy for children. The versatility and cultural significance of fantasy is explored, alongside the important role fantasy plays in our understanding of 'the real', from childhood onwards. Written in a clear, engaging style and featuring an extensive glossary of terms, this is the essential introduction to Fantasy.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Defining fantasy

What is fantasy?

Portals and entry-points

Desire and loss

Magic or illusion?

Animation: the case of Toy Story 3

2. A historical overview of fantasy: From Ovid to Game Boy

`Orpheus and Eurydice'

The One Thousand and One Nights

The Fairy Queen

Dance, music and toys

Early cinema and special effects

Fantasy television and the hand-held screen

3. Animal fantasy for children

Mickey Mouse

Fantasy animals as moral instructors

Animal tricksters

Fantasy bears

Hedgerow fantasy

Farmyard and field fantasy

4. Fantasy quests

The epic quest

Quests for self-knowledge and social knowledge

Death and the shadow-self

Totemic objects

Monsters

5. Fantasy and politics

Problematic politics in classic children's fantasy

Comics and global animosity

Political dystopias I: Nineteen Eighty-Four and `Escape from Spiderhead'

Political dystopias II: The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake

The feminist Utopia

6. Fantasy and the erotic

Fantasy versus sexual fantasy

Victorian erotic fantasy

Twentieth-century pornotopias of death

Woman-centred desire

Carnivorous sexual fantasy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Armitt, Lucie, 1962- Fantasy.

ISBN:

1138676918

9781138676916

131555982X

9781315559827

1138677027

9781138677029

OCLC:

1012347416