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The Fantastic A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre

Paperback • 1975 • English • 1. edition

The Fantastic A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre

By Tzvetan Todorov

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"This, the first of Todorov's books to be translated into English (it was originally published in French in 1970), is brilliant.... Todorov's attempt to formulate a general theory for studying themes without subordinating literary theory to the social sciences makes this book indispensable to serious students of literature." ? Library Journal In The Fantastic, Tzvetan Todorov seeks to examine both generic theory and a particular genre, moving back and forth between a poetics of the fantastic ...Show more

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ISBN

9780801491467

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published year

1975

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Fantastic A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre

Format

Paperback

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