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Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. Thanks to Sylvia Kelso and Salvatore Proietti for permission to include quotations from correspondence. Chapter 5 is based on a talk titled "James Tiptree Jr. Book Club; or, A Mitochondrial Theory of Literature," given at the 2016 Tiptree Symposium at the University of Oregon, which honored Ursula K. Le Guin. My thanks to Linda Long for organizing the symposium and to Andrea Hairston, Salvatore Proietti, and Ellen Klages for their helpful suggestions. An earlier version was published online at Tor.com on December 12, 2016: www.tor.com/2016/12/12/the-james-tiptree-jr-bookclub-or-a-mitochondrial-theory-of-literature/ Contents Introduction: Speaking of Fantasy 1. How Fantasy Means: The Shape of Truth 2. Realism and the Structures of Fantasy: The Family Story 3. Neighbors, Myths, and Fantasy 4. If Not Conflict, Then What? Metaphors for Narrative Interest 5. A Mitochondrial Theory of Literature: Fantasy and Intertextuality 6. Young Adult Dystopias and Yin Adult Utopias 7. Gender an

Author

Brian Attebery

Published

2021

Language

EN