Space and the Postmodern Fantastic in Contemporary Literature: The Architectural Void

by Patricia Garcaia and Patricia García

Book Overview

Arising from the philosophical conviction that our sense of space plays a direct role in our apprehension and construction of reality (both factual and fictional), this book investigates how conceptions of postmodern space have transformed the history of the impossible in literature. Deeply influenced by the work of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cort zar, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of fantastic texts in which the impossible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138824224
• ISBN13: 9781138824225
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"