The Language of Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Question of Style

by SusanMandala (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $253.80

  A stylistic, pragmatic and sociolinguistic analysis of the language of sci-fi and fantasy. It challenges two widely held but poorly substantiated beliefs circulating about science fiction and fantasy - that they are: written in plain and unremarkable prose; and apt to present characters that are flat types rather than fully realised individuals.