Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-373) and index.
Contents
The critical debate : an overview -- A working definition -- Magic "mongrel realism : the adaptation of other genres and modes -- Through an other's eyes : magic realist focalizers -- Mythos meets logos : paradigms of knowledge in magic realist fiction -- Making the real fantastic and the fantastic real : strategies of destabilization -- Making the immaterial matter : techniques of literalization -- Mimicking the mind : magic realism as an inquiry into human thought -- "The only real ism of these back-to-front and jabberwocky days" : mimicking a fantastic reality.
