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Fictional Worlds

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674299665

Publication Date: 01/01/1989

Short

190 pages

6 x 9-1/4 inches

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Related Subjects

  • 1. Beyond Structuralism
  • 2. Fictional Beings
  • 3. Salient Worlds
  • 4. Border, Distance, Size, Incompleteness
  • 5. Conventions
  • 6. The Economy of the Imaginary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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