Trajectories of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fourteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

Michael Morrison

1997年10月 · Greenwood Publishing Group

關於本電子書

The essays in this volume examine elements of the fantastic in a variety of media. From the fiction of Toni Morrison, Stephen King, and Chinua Achebe, to the rock songs of David Bowie, the fantastic is seen as adaptable to any art form. In an accessible manner, the contributors present fresh approaches to examining the elements of the fantastic in literature, film, music, and popular culture. The collection features an essay by Ursula K. Le Guin.

關於作者

MICHAEL A. MORRISON is a David Ross Boyd Professor of Physics and English at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. He has published extensively in both physics and the criticism of horror, film, and science fiction. Recent publications include several papers in The Physical Review and Journal of Physics, the textbook, Understanding Quantum Physics: A User's Manual (1990), and A Dark Night's Dreaming: Understanding Contemporary American Horror Fiction (1996), coedited with Tony Magistrale.