TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mandala,Susan
TI  - Language in science fiction and fantasy: the question of style 
SN  - 9781441141064
AV  - PE1421 .M356 2010eb
U1  - 808.3/8762 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Continuum
KW  - English language
KW  - Style
KW  - Literary style
KW  - Discourse analysis, Literary
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
KW  - Stylistique
KW  - Style littéraire
KW  - Discours littéraire
KW  - literary criticism
KW  - aat
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Composition & Creative Writing
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Science fiction and fantasy: language, style, and the critics -- Language contact in alternative world texts: experimental future Englishes -- Representing the past -- Extraordinary worlds in plain language -- Style and character -- Style in alternative world texts: conclusion
N2  - The language of science fiction, and of fantasy, has a steep challenge: that of the creation of other worlds, societies and characters that are alien to us in diverse and fundamental ways, but still compelling and knowable. This exciting book steps away from the issues of race, gender and politics that have saturated sci-fi and fantasy criticism. Rather, it challenges two widely held but poorly substantiated beliefs circulating about science fiction and fantasy - that they are a) written in plain and unremarkable prose and b) apt to present characters that are flat types rather than fully re
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