Illuminated fantasy : from Blake's visions to recent graphic fiction / James Whitlark.

The central and later decades of the twentieth century have not only been marked by the popularity of fantasy in general but of fantastic graphics in particular. As a literature relatively new to academic consideration, however, fantasy lacks a universally accepted definition, and no previous author...

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Main Author: Whitlark, James, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©1988.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Themes in the history of illuminated fantasy
  • Around the golden calf: sacred word vs. graven image
  • Blake: visionary against the commonplace
  • Picture books for the eternal child: an enticement for young minds
  • Part II: Persisting images
  • Enduring elements of political fantasy
  • Illuminating the classics
  • Cinematic magic: from motion picture to comic book adaptation
  • Legends of the tarot
  • Archetypal arcana: a catalogue of imagery
  • Part III: Mysteries of identity
  • Narcissus and the theory of the double
  • The yin and yang of Taoism
  • Zen and the ultimate illumination.