The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds

Social Science by Mark J.P. Wolf
The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds Author : Mark J.P. Wolf
Release : 2017-09-27
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN : 1317268288
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This companion provides a definitive and cutting-edge guide to the study of imaginary and virtual worlds across a range of media, including literature, television, film, and games. From the Star Trek universe, Thomas More’s classic Utopia, and J. R. R. Tolkien’s Arda, to elaborate, user-created game worlds like Minecraft, contributors present interdisciplinary perspectives on authorship, world structure/design, and narrative. The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds offers new approaches to imaginary worlds as an art form and cultural phenomenon, explorations of the technical and creative dimensions of world-building, and studies of specific worlds and worldbuilders.

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