As the first international anthology to cover the entire scope of fantastic narrative, Fantastic Worlds presents over fifty tales, myths, and stories, ranging from Genesis to Ovid, Hans Christian Andersen to J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe to James Thurber, and Franz Kafka to Italo Calvino. Including tales of fairies and elves, ghost stories, high fantasy, and stories of social criticism and the conflict between science and religion, this volume presents a diverse selection of writings that all share the same capacity to liberate the human spirit through the wild mental acrobatics of fantasy.
Author(s): Eric S. Rabkin
Year: 1979
Language: English
Pages: 496
Tags: Библиотека;Фольклорные (народные) произведения;Легенды и мифы;
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 14
Fantastic Worlds......Page 22
Organization of the Book......Page 24
Analyzing the Fantastic......Page 26
The Fantastic and Fantasy......Page 35
Exploring These Worlds......Page 42
The Sources of the Fantastic......Page 46
The Need for the Fantastic......Page 48
Notes on Narrative Structures......Page 52
Audience Analysis......Page 55
Genesis (King James Version)......Page 60
The Blackfoot Genesis (1892)......Page 66
The Eye of the Giant (Togoland)......Page 72
How I Brought Death into the World (Yoruba, 1953)......Page 75
The Myth of Actaeon (A.D. 2-8)......Page 81
The Myth of Narcissus......Page 85
The Myth of Philomela......Page 91
The Ghost Wife (Pawnee, 1889)......Page 99
The Magic Swan Geese (1855-64)......Page 101
Why Tortoise's Shell Is Not Smooth (Ibo, 1959)......Page 103
How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox (1880)......Page 106
Paul Bunyan on the Columbia (1924)......Page 108
Little Red-cap (1812-15)......Page 115
The Sleeping Beauty......Page 119
Hansel and Grethel......Page 123
The Tinderbox (1835)......Page 131
The Tale of Cosmo (1858)......Page 139
Leaf by Niggle (1964)......Page 160
The Continuum of the Fantastic......Page 180
The Diversity of Fantastic Literature......Page 184
The Fantastic and Literary History......Page 186
The Fantastic and Genre Criticism......Page 188
Our Ideas of Time (1711)......Page 194
Ritter Gluck (1809)......Page 198
The Oval Portrait (1842)......Page 209
The Garden of Live Flowers (1872)......Page 213
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939)......Page 221
The Royal Banquet (1961)......Page 227
The Sandman (1816)......Page 233
The Black Cat (1843)......Page 266
The Picture in the House (1924)......Page 276
The Hand (1861)......Page 285
The Moonlit Road (1894)......Page 293
Lost Hearts (1904)......Page 303
Golden Wings (1856)......Page 313
The Sword of Welleran (1908)......Page 330
The Five Black Swans (1973)......Page 344
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845)......Page 352
The Birthmark (1846)......Page 362
The Star (1897)......Page 379
EPICAC (1950)......Page 391
The Third Level (1952)......Page 399
The Star (1955)......Page 404
MODERN FANTASY......Page 412
The Judgment (1913)......Page 418
A Common Confusion (1931; written between 1917 and 1922)......Page 429
Cockroaches (1934)......Page 430
Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote (1939)......Page 434
Axolotl (1951)......Page 443
Pastoral (1954)......Page 449
All at One Point (1965)......Page 457
There Is No Such Place as America (1969)......Page 462
The Piano Player (1963)......Page 469
Homage to the San Francisco YMCA (1971)......Page 472
The Marker (1963)......Page 475
The Zebra Storyteller (1971)......Page 479
Bibliographic Tools......Page 482
General Theoretical Studies......Page 483
Specialized Studies......Page 484
Supplementary Readings......Page 487
D......Page 494
M......Page 495
T......Page 496
Z......Page 497
