Overview

This collection of new essays applies a wide range of critical frameworks to the analysis of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Essays focus on topics such as Pratchett's treatment of noise and silence and their political implications; art as an anodyne for racial conflict; humor and cognitive debugging; visual semiotics; linguistic stylistics and readers' perspectives of word choice; and Derrida and the ""monstrous Regiment of Women."" The volume also includes an annotated bibliography of critical sources. The essays provide fresh perspectives on Pratchett's work, which has stealthily redefined both fantasy and humor for modern audiences.

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Author:   Anne Hiebert Alton ,  William C. Spruiell ,  Donald E. Palumbo ,  C.W. Sullivan III
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   annotated edition
Volume:   45
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9780786474646

ISBN 10:   0786474645
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   02 May 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction A Note on the Text The Wee Free Men: Politics and the Art of Noise Roderick McGillis Coloring in Octarine: Visual Semiotics and Discworld Anne Hiebert Alton Tell It Slant: Of Gods, Philosophy and Politics in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld  Gray ­Kochhar-Lindgren The Watchman and the Hippopotamus: Art, Play and Otherness in Thud! delete Caroline Webb Counting Dangerous Beans: Pratchett, Style and the Utility of Premodified Bits delete deleteWilliam C. Spruiell Debugging the Mind: The Rhetoric of Humor and the Poetics of Fantasy delete deleteGideon Haberkorn Primary Bibliography of Terry Pratchett’s Works Published in English Annotated Critical Bibliography About the Contributors Index

Reviews

a comprehensive, interesting and challenging collection --SFRA Review this text is firmly rooted in a variety of critical approaches, and each essay demonstrates strong commitment to scholarship and academia...an excellent resource --Children's Literature Association Quarterly an important addition to Pratchett scholarship and will be of interest to anyone doing critical work on Discworld --Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.

a comprehensive, interesting and challenging collection --<i>SFRA Review</i>; this text is firmly rooted in a variety of critical approaches, and each essay demonstrates strong commitment to scholarship and academia...an excellent resource --<i>Children's Literature Association Quarterly</i>.

Author Information

Anne Hiebert Alton is a professor of English at Central Michigan University, where she teaches literature of all sorts. She lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. William C. Spruiell is an associate professor of English at Central Michigan University, where he teaches English linguistics, Old English, and science-fiction and fantasy literature. He lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

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