| The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy Contributor(s): Shaw, Bruce (Author), Palumbo, Donald E. (Editor), Sullivan III, C. W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786447834 ISBN-13: 9780786447831 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Dewey: 809.387 |
| LCCN: 2010008713 |
| Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Čapek, Vladimir Propp, and many more are discussed. |