Mythic Fantasy of Robert Holdstock

Donald E. Morse is a professor at the University of Debrecen, in Hungary, and is an emeritus professor at the University of Oakland in Michigan. He is the author of a dozen books and over 100 scholarly articles. Kálmán Matolcsy is a translator, poet, composer, and a professor at the University of Debrecen. He has written numerous scholarly articles on the literature of horror, fantasy and science fiction.

“As a first step towards providing a serious critical study of the work of Robert Holdstock, we have to welcome this book”—SF Site.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword: Under the Spell of a MagicianBRIAN W. ALDISS      Introduction: Mythago Wood—“A Source of Visions and Adventure”DONALD E. MORSE      Part One: Approaches1. The Embodiment of Abstraction in the Mythago NovelsW. A. SENIOR      2. Masks in the Forest: The Dynamics of Surface and Depth in the Mythago CycleKÁLMÁN MATOLCSY      3. Exploring the Habitats of Myths: The Spatiotemporal Structure of Ryhope WoodSTEFAN EKMAN      Part Two: The Novels4. Time Winds: Early Science FictionANDY SAWYER      5. Profusion Sublime and the Fantastic: Mythago WoodMAREK OZIEWICZ      6. Tallis, the Feminine Presence in Mythago Wood: Lavondyss: Journey to an Unknown RegionELIZABETH A. WHITTINGHAM      7. Embedded Narratives in Lavondyss and Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of DarknessVERA BENCZIK      8. Stories to Illuminate Truth and Lies to Hide Pain: Gate of Ivory, Gate of HornDONALD E. MORSE      9. “A Heap of Broken Images”—The Mythological Wasteland of the Mind: The Hollowing and Ancient EchoesILDIKÓ LIMPÁR      10. “So many names in so many tongues...”: Allusive Mythology in CeltikaC. W. SULLIVAN III      11. Thresholds, Polders, and Crosshatches in the Merlin CodexTOM SHIPPEY      Robert Holdstock Bibliography      About the Contributors      Index