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02100nmm a2200265 i 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230722112452.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780191946509 |
| Qualifying information |
(electronic book) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780192856234 |
| Qualifying information |
(print) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
808.83876 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Attebery, Brian, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1951- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
23476 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Fantasy : |
| Remainder of title |
how it works / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Brian Attebery. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
[2022] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource (208 pages) : |
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illustrations (colour). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
One of the dominant modes of storytelling in the twenty-first century, fantasy can mirror contemporary experiences and convey our anxieties and longings better than any representation of the merely real. It is the lie that speaks truth. This book addresses two central questions about fantastic storytelling: first, how can it be meaningful if it doesn't claim to represent things as they are, and second, what kind of change can it make in the world? How can a form of storytelling that alters physical laws and denies facts about the past be at the same time a source of insight into human nature and the workings of the world? What kind of social, political, cultural, intellectual work does fantasy perform in the world-the world of the reader, that is, not that of the characters? Focusing on various aspects of fantastic world-building and story creation in classic and contemporary fantasy, from the use of symbolic structures to the way new stories incorporate bits of significance from earlier texts, the book as a whole shows how fantasy allows writers to test new modes of understanding and interaction and thus to rethink political institutions, social practices, and models of reality. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE |
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| Additional physical form available note |
Also available in Print and PDF edition. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Fantasy literature. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
23477 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Fantasy fiction. |
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23478 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Fantasy in art. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
23479 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Fantasy. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
23480 |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Electronic books. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
23481 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Host name |
Oxford Academic |
| Public note |
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192856234.001.0001 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
e-Book |
