01400nam a2200109   4500008003900000245009400039210006900133260004200202520095200244100002701196856006701223       1991                          d00aA Rhetoric of the Unreal. Studies in Narrative and Structure, especially of the Fantastic0 aRhetoric of the Unreal Studies in Narrative and Structure especi  aCambridgebCambridge University Press3 a<p><span id="freeText12142555945902569956">А study of wide range of fiction, from short stories to tales of horror, from fairy-tales and romances to science fiction, to which the rather loose term 'fantastic' has been applied. Cutting across this wide field, Professor Brooke-Rose examines in a clear and precise way the essential differences between these types of narrative against the background of realistic fiction. In doing so, she employs many of the methods of modern literary theory from Russian formalism to structuralism, while at the same time bringing to these approaches a sharp critical intuition and sound common sense of her own. The range of texts considered is broad: from Poe and James to Tolkien; from Flann O'Brien to the American postmodernism. This book should prove a source of stimulation to all teachers and students of modern literary theory and genre, as well as those interested in 'fantastic' literature.</span></p>1 aBrooke-Rose, Christine  uhttps://naum.slav.uni-sofia.bg/en/librislavici/brooke-rose1991