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Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 427

Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival

If a literary movement arises but no one notices, is it still a movement? In Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology, Dennis Wilson Wise argues that the answer is “yes.” Over the last ten decades, poets working in fantasy, science fiction, and horror have collectively brought forth a revival in alliterative poetics akin to what once happened in the mid-fourteenth century. Altogether, this anthology collects for the first time over fifty speculative poets—several of whom are previously unpublished—from across North America and Europe. Alongside such established names as C. S. Lewis, Patrick Rothfuss, Edwin Morgan, Poul Anderson, Jo Walton, P. K. Pa...

New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384

New Boundaries in Political Science Fiction

Surveying the vast expanse of politically-charged science fiction, this book posits that the defining dilemma for these tales rests in whether identity and meaning germinate from progressive linear changes or progress, or from a continuous return to primitive realities of war, death and the competition for survival.

Magic Words, Magic Worlds
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

Magic Words, Magic Worlds

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-06-10
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  • Publisher: McFarland

While all fiction uses words to construct models of the world for readers, nowhere is this more obvious than in fantasy fiction. Epic fantasy novels create elaborate secondary worlds entirely out of language, yet the writing style used to construct those worlds has rarely been studied in depth. This book builds the foundations for a study of style in epic fantasy. Close readings of selected novels by such writers as Steven Erikson, Ursula Le Guin, N. K. Jemisin and Brandon Sanderson offer insights into the significant implications of fantasy's use of syntax, perspective, paratexts, frame narratives and more. Re-examining critical assumptions about the reading experience of epic fantasy, this work explores the genre's reputation for flowery, archaic language and its ability to create a sense of wonder. Ultimately, it argues that epic fantasy shapes the way people think, examining how literary representation and style influence perception.

Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 139

Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn

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Irish Children's Literature and Culture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 214

Irish Children's Literature and Culture

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-03-17
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  • Publisher: Routledge

What constitutes a ‘national literature’ is rarely straightforward, and it is especially complex when discussing writing for young people in an Irish context. Until recently, there was only a slight body of work that could be classified as ‘Irish children’s literature’ (whatever the parameters) in comparison with Ireland’s contribution to adult literature in the twentieth century. This volume looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with all the major forms and genres. Topics include the gothic, the speculative, picturebooks, poetry, post-colonial discourse, identity and ethnicit...

Research Awards Index
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 798

Research Awards Index

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1986
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Official Congressional Directory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1258

Official Congressional Directory

Contains biographies of Senators, members of Congress, and the Judiciary. Also includes committee assignments, maps of Congressional districts, a directory of officials of executive agencies, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, web addresses, and other information.

The Beach Boys
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 955

The Beach Boys

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: PediaPress

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Biomedical Index to PHS-supported Research: Project number listing, investigator listing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 968

Biomedical Index to PHS-supported Research: Project number listing, investigator listing

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1989
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Adrian City Directories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Adrian City Directories

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1882
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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