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▼a 9780438331907 |
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▼a (MiAaPQ)AAI10932830 |
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▼a (MiAaPQ)grad.msu:16389 |
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▼d 248032 |
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▼a Watson, David A. |
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▼a Brooding on the Vast Abyss: The History, Theory, and Consequence of Alternative Fictional World-Building. |
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▼a [S.l.] :
▼b Michigan State University.,
▼c 2018 |
| 260 | 1 |
▼a Ann Arbor :
▼b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
▼c 2018 |
| 300 | |
▼a 153 p. |
| 500 | |
▼a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-01(E), Section: A. |
| 500 | |
▼a Advisers: Scott Michaelsen |
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▼a Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2018. |
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▼a Contrary to Darko Suvin's claim that science fiction contains revolutionary political potential, while fantasy literature does not, this dissertation will argue that fantasy literature---particularly its power to create alternative worlds betwee |
| 520 | |
▼a This dissertation develops its argument across three chapters. In the first, I trace the historical developments, beginning with the formation of the Bank of England in 1695, that opened up, for the first time, the possibility of creating altern |
| 520 | |
▼a In the second chapter, the mechanism by which movement between worlds---what I call "symbolic entanglement"---is placed in the context of the historical development of hermeneutics. Tracing the understanding of the role of symbols in the creatio |
| 520 | |
▼a The third chapter describes this shift in consciousness through the rhetorical language of apocalypse. Borrowing from Derrida the notion that any one death shatters the unity of the world, and therefore necessitates that a new world be created i |
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▼a School code: 0128. |
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▼a British & Irish literature. |
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▼a 0593 |
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▼a Michigan State University.
▼b English. |
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▼t Dissertation Abstracts International
▼g 80-01A(E). |
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▼t Dissertation Abstract International |
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▼a 0128 |
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▼a Ph.D. |
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▼a 2018 |
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▼a English |
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▼u http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T15001115
▼n KERIS |
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▼a 201812
▼f 2019 |
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▼a 관리자 |