Overview
Includes discussion of national traditions of fantasy from many regions
Defines fantasy traditions, topoi, functions, and history
Engages with various theoretical frameworks including postcolonial theory and new materialism
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theory and Methodology
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Countries and Cultures
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About this book
This handbook is the first-of-its-kind comprehensive overview of fantasy outside the Anglo-American hegemony. While most academic studies of fantasy follow the well-trodden path of focusing on Tolkien, Rowling, and others, our collection spotlights rich and unique fantasy literatures in India, Australia, Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, China, and many other areas of Europe, Asia, and the global South. The first part focuses on the theoretical aspects of fantasy, broadening and modifying existing definitions to accommodate the global reach of the genre. The second part contains essays illuminating specific cultures, countries, and religious or ethnic traditions. From Aboriginal myths to (self)-representation of Tibet, from the appropriation of the Polish Witcher by the American pop culture to modern Greek fantasy that does not rely on stories of Olympian deities, and from Israeli vampires to Talmudic sages, this collection is an indispensable reading for anyone interested in fantasy fiction and global literature.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Elana Gomel is Associate Professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Tel-Aviv University. She is the author of five academic books and numerous articles on subjects such as narrative theory, posthumanism, science fiction, and Victorian culture. She is also an award-winning fiction writer.
Danielle Gurevitch is cultural ethnologist and the director of the Multidisciplinary Studies at the Humanities at Bar-Ilan University. She is the author of several articles, editor of three academic books, and author of two. Speculative fiction, medieval literature, comparative literature, and gender studies are among her fields of expertise. Additionally, she is the chair of the faculty’s “Dangoor Centre” for cultural diplomacy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Fantasy
Editors: Elana Gomel, Danielle Gurevitch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26397-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26396-5Published: 08 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26399-6Due: 22 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26397-2Published: 07 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 340
Topics: Fiction, Literature, general, Comparative Literature, Popular Culture