The Tropes of Fantasy Fiction

Gabrielle Lissauer

earliest edition we have, 2014 McFarland, 2014 220 pages

"Comparing various fantasy fiction stories, this book shows that it is not the tropes and clichés that make a story good or bad but how the author applies them. The book also explores the concept of text versus meta-text--when the story's world and character actions contradict the reader's expectations based on the tropes being used"--

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Tropes of Fantasy Fiction edition · 2015 · McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers · 220 pages · 9780786478583
The Tropes of Fantasy Fiction edition · 2014 · McFarland · 220 pages · 9781476618364

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