Spectrum of the Fantastic

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Spectrum of the Fantastic is written by Donald Palumbo and published by Praeger. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0313255024 (ISBN 10) and 9780313255021 (ISBN 13).

The twenty-four essays in this collection represent the best contributions to the Sixth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. All the essays are comparative or interdisciplinary in nature. Their foci range from the psychological aspects of art and literature, to the political implications of fiction and drama, the philosophic and linguistic dimensions of poetry, and the use of landscape in science fiction and fantasy illustration. The contributors also explore the connections between the fantastic and subjects such as religion, myth, the grotesque, the occult, Gothicism, feminism, and even perceptions of reality.