Fantasy and Mimesis : Responses to Reality in Western Literature.

Since Plato and Aristotle's declaration of the essence of literature as imitation, western narrative has been traditionally discussed in mimetic terms. Marginalized fantasy- the deliberate from reality - has become the hidden face of fiction, identified by most critics as a minor genre. First p...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Hume, Kathryn, 1945-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Series:	Routledge revivals.
Subjects:	Fantasy literature > History and criticism. Fantasy in literature. Mimesis in literature. Fantasy literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.