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The Poetic FantasticStudies in an Evolving Genre\nAuthor(s): Vernon Hyles, Patrick Dennis Murphy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Praeger Publishers Inc\nISBN-13: 9780313261602, 978-0313261602\nSynopsis\nA groundbreaking contribution to the critical literature, this volume represents the most extensive study of the fantastic in poetry published to date. Designed to serve both as an introduction to and a historical overview of fantastic poetry in the Anglo-American tradition, the authors closely analyze specific periods and poems in order to illuminate more clearly the relationships among fantasty, the fantastic, science fiction, and poetry. The scope of the study is unusually broad and encompasses material from Spenser through the work of a wide range of contemporary American and British poets.\n\nAlthough the contributors focus primarily on English-language authors, their essays provide theoretical and practical criticism relevant to t.