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BL
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999670
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b754040
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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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xvii, 288 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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1932792309
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: 9781932792300
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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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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| Abstract
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"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 nonrealistic 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, and how these writers used fantasy to question the ideology of Victorian culture and society."--Jacket.
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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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Fantastische Literatur
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Fantasy in literature.
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Fantasy literature, English.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/15
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| LC Classification
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PR468.F35P7 2005
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