Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Preface; Part I: Literature and the representation of reality: a new approach to fantasy and mimesis Introduction 1. Critical approaches to fantasy 2. Historical perspectives on fantasy and realism; Part II: Responses to reality: how is fantasy used? Introduction 3. Literature of illusion: invitations to escape reality 4. Literature of vision: introducing new realities 5. Literature of revision: programs for improving reality 6. Literature of disillusion: making reality unknowable; Part III: The functions of fantasy: why use fantasy? Introduction 7. Fantasy as a function of form 8. The problem of meaning and the power of fantasy; Notes; Index

About the Author

Hume, Kathryn