Reading length in fantasy fiction /
"Reframing debates surrounding long narratives to explore their impact, this book develops a critical vocabulary for discussing the formal, social, and political affordances of length and duration in fantasy novels, and by extension, other genres. Beloved by fans, fantasy books frequently recei...
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2026.
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| Series: | Perspectives on fantasy.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Strategies of length. Chapter 1. The politics of length : managing sprawl with narrative rhythm in Sanderson's Stormlight Archive
- Chapter 2. Go with the flow : sprawling ramification and distraction in Steven Erikson's Network Fantasy.
- Part 2. Interventions of length. Chapter 3. "Partners in making and delight" : fantasy interventions in labor and leisure
- Chapter 4. The same thing over and over : how serialized sprawl disrupts gender-coded temporality
- Chapter 5. Alternative branches : the subjunctive, impatience, and transformation in Delany and Jemisin.