Part 1. The great taxonomical confusion -- Taxonomies of non-mimetic literature -- Towards a genological taxonomy of non-mimetic literature: supragenological types of fiction -- Part 2. Contemporary exomimetic fiction -- Contemporary antimemetic fiction -- Contemporary fantastic fiction -- Contemporary paramimetic fiction -- Metaconventional non-mimitic fiction -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Genological categories of contemporary non-mimetic literature.
Summary:
This book represents an analysis of contemporary fantasy (non-mimetic) literature in all its richness and diversity, and offers a preliminary definition of the major fields of taxonomical interest, in addition to marking some of the unmapped territories of "fantastic" fiction.--Provided by publisher
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