Transitions and Dissolving Boundaries in the Fantastic

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Transitions and Dissolving Boundaries in the Fantastic is written by Christine Lötscher and published by LIT Verlag Münster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3643801858 (ISBN 10) and 9783643801852 (ISBN 13).

By creating hybrid zones of autonomy, the 'fantastic' - a subgenre of literary works - provides alternatives to conventional understandings of the world, knowledge, or identity. The fantastic raises a number of significant questions about cultural and social developments, and challenges existing boundaries. With regard to fantastic fiction in literature and different media representations, the articles in this volume explore: crossings into other worlds, time travel, metamorphoses, hybrid creatures, and a variety of other transitions and transgressions. The book analyzes hybrid genres, inter-media adaptations, transpositions into new media, as well as various forms of crossover as exemplified in the increasing trend of generation-spanning all-age literature. (Series: Research in the Fantastic / Fantastikforschung - Vol. 2)