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Routledge's Critical Discourses of the Fantastic, 1712-1831 challenges conventional literary histories by tracing the origins of fantastic literature back to the eighteenth century, not the Romantic period. David Sandner demonstrates that tales of wonder and imagination flourished throughout the 1700s, with a full century of critical debate and literary experimentation predating the Romantics' celebrated focus on creative imagination. The work engages contemporary critical definitions and defences of fantastic literature from 1712 to 1831, examining how writers like Joseph Addison in 'The Fairy Way of Writing' first established the literary use of the supernatural within a modern and rational age. This scholarly study reveals the rich intellectual foundations underlying fantastic literature's development and provides essential context for understanding how eighteenth-century authors navigated imagination, rationality, and the marvellous.

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Routledge's Critical Discourses of the Fantastic covers the period 1712-1831, establishing a century-long tradition of fantastic literature before Romantic dominance.

David Sandner's analysis engages contemporary critical definitions and defences of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century fantastic literature throughout the book.

The work examines Joseph Addison's 'The Fairy Way of Writing' as a foundational text defining supernatural elements in modern, rational literary contexts.

Challenges established literary histories by demonstrating that tales of wonder and imagination were extremely popular in the eighteenth century, not emerging later.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1409428621
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
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Release Date: 28 September 2011
Listed Since: 13 July 2011

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