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" Victorian fantasy / "
Stephen Prickett.
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BL
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970527
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b724897
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| Main Entry
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Prickett, Stephen.
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| Title & Author
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Victorian fantasy /\ Stephen Prickett.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd rev. and expanded ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Waco, Tex. :: Baylor University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xvii, 288 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1423729625
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: 1433709368
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: 9781423729624
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: 9781433709364
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
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| Contents
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The evolution of a word -- Christmas at Scrooge's -- Dreams and nightmares -- Consensus and nonsense: Lear and Carroll -- Adults in allegory land: Kingsley and Macdonald -- From bildungsroman to death-romance: phantastes, Lilith, and german romanticism -- Worlds within worlds: Kipling and Nesbit.
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Far from being just children's literature, Victorian fantasy is an art form that flourished in opposition to the repressive social and intellectual conditions of ''Victorianism.'' In this fully revised and expanded edition, Stephen Prickett explores the way in which Victorian writers used non-realistic techniques-nonsense, dreams, visions, and the creation of other worlds-to extend our understanding of this world. In particular, Prickett focuses on six writers (Lear, Carroll, Kingsley, MacDonald, Kipling, and Nesbit), tracing the development of their art form, their influence on each other, an.
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English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Fantasy in literature.
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Fantasy literature, English-- History and criticism.
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Fantasmes dans la littérature.
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Littérature anglaise-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature fantastique anglaise-- Histoire et critique.
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English literature.
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Fantasy in literature.
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Fantasy literature, English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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820.9/15
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PR468.F35P7 2005eb
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