The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Band 20) - Softcover

Buch 5 von 68: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Shaw, Bruce

 
9780786447831: The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Band 20)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0786447834 ISBN 13: 9780786447831
Verlag: McFarland, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.

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The late Bruce Shaw did his early professional work in anthropology, compiling oral history of aboriginal Australians. Later, he took up English literature. He lived in Perth, Western Australia.

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Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.

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Though animal stories and fables stretch back into the antiquity of ancient India, Persia, Greece and Rome, the reasons for writing them and their resonance for readers (and listeners) remain consistent to the present. This work argues that they were essential sources of amusement and instruction--and were also often profoundly unsettling. Such authors in the realm of the animal fable as Tolkien, Freud, Voltaire, Bakhtin, Cordwainer Smith, Karel Capek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed.

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Verlag
McFarland
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0786447834
ISBN 13 
9780786447831
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
270
Herausgeber
Palumbo Donald E., Sullivan Iii C. W.
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