Articles liés à Visions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the...

Visions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fifteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts - Couverture rigide

Becker, Allienne R.

 
9780313297250: Visions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fifteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

Synopsis

This exciting collection of essays explores the fantastic in world literature, art, theater, film, and popular culture. Highlights include artwork by Edward Carlos and the essay Staging the Phantasmagorical: The Theatrical Challenges and Rewards of William Butler Yeats by internationally acclaimed Yeats scholar James W. Flannery. Readers will be delighted by the wit of British author Brian Aldiss in his essay If Hamlet's Uncle Had Been a Nicer Guy. From new insights into the connections between Dracula and Frankenstein to a discussion of the Internet, the lively volume offers a diverse look at fantasy and science fiction.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

ALLIENNE R. BECKER is a Professor in the Foreign Language Department at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania where she teaches courses in Comparative Literature specializing in fantasy and speculative fiction. She is author of The Lost Worlds Romance: From Dawn to Dusk (Greenwood, 1992) and numerous articles.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.