Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The evolution of a word -- Christmas at Scrooge's -- Dreams and nightmares -- Consensus and nonsense: Lear and Carroll -- Adults in allegory land: Kingsley and Macdonald -- From bildungsroman to death-romance: phantastes, Lilith, and german romanticism -- Worlds within worlds: Kipling and Nesbit.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Victorian fantasy is an art form that flourished in opposition to the repressive social and intellectual conditions of "Victorianism." In this fully revised and expanded edition, Stephen Prickett explores the way in which Victorian writers used nonrealistic techniques - nonsense, dreams, visions, and the creation of other worlds - to extend our understanding of this world. In particular, Prickett focuses on six writers (Lear, Carroll, Kingsley, MacDonald, Kipling, and Nesbit), tracing the development of their art form, their influence on each other, and how these writers used fantasy to question the ideology of Victorian culture and society."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Fantasy in literature.
Fantasy literature, English-- History and criticism.
Fantasmes dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Littérature fantastique anglaise-- Histoire et critique.