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020			_a9780191946509 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9780192856234 _q(print)
082	0	0	_a808.83876
100			_aAttebery, Brian, _d1951- _eauthor. _923476
245			_aFantasy : _bhow it works / _cBrian Attebery.
250			_aFirst edition.
260		1	_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c[2022]
300			_a1 online resource (208 pages) : _billustrations (colour).
520			_aOne 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			_aAlso available in Print and PDF edition.
650			_aFantasy literature. _923477
650			_aFantasy fiction. _923478
650			_aFantasy in art. _923479
650			_aFantasy. _923480
655		0	_aElectronic books. _923481
856	4		_aOxford Academic _zhttps://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192856234.001.0001
942			_cEBK
999			_c14121 _d14121