Tzvetan Todorov is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. A native of Bulgaria living in France for over four decades, he is among the most influential literary and cultural theorists writing today. Among his many books available in English translation are Theories of the Symbol and Symbolism and Interpretation, both available from Cornell.

"This work is much more than what its title might imply to an American reader. It is not simply another 'formalist' categorizing of a particular literary genre. Todorov involves himself in a consideration of the concept of literary genre (with a perceptive critique of Northrop Frye), a detailed and perceptive discourse on 'the fantastic,' . . . and finally a philosophical-historical discussion of the relation of 'the fantastic' to literature itself. . . . This is an important work for anyone interested in criticism in general or in the criticism of fiction in particular."—Choice

• Foreword, by Robert Scholes1. Literary Genres2. Definition of the Fantastic3. The Uncanny and the Marvelous4. Poetry and Allegory5. Discourse of the Fantastic6. Themes of the Fantastic: Introduction7. Themes of the Self8. Themes of the Other9. Themes of the Fantastic: Conclusion10. Literature and the FantasticIndex

Tzvetan Todorov is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. A native of Bulgaria living in France for over four decades, he is among the most influential literary and cultural theorists writing today. Among his many books available in English translation are Theories of the Symbol and Symbolism and Interpretation, both available from Cornell.

"This work is much more than what its title might imply to an American reader. It is not simply another 'formalist' categorizing of a particular literary genre. Todorov involves himself in a consideration of the concept of literary genre (with a perceptive critique of Northrop Frye), a detailed and perceptive discourse on 'the fantastic,' . . . and finally a philosophical-historical discussion of the relation of 'the fantastic' to literature itself. . . . This is an important work for anyone interested in criticism in general or in the criticism of fiction in particular."—Choice

• Foreword, by Robert Scholes1. Literary Genres2. Definition of the Fantastic3. The Uncanny and the Marvelous4. Poetry and Allegory5. Discourse of the Fantastic6. Themes of the Fantastic: Introduction7. Themes of the Self8. Themes of the Other9. Themes of the Fantastic: Conclusion10. Literature and the FantasticIndex

Tzvetan Todorov is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. A native of Bulgaria living in France for over four decades, he is among the most influential literary and cultural theorists writing today. Among his many books available in English translation are Theories of the Symbol and Symbolism and Interpretation, both available from Cornell.

"This work is much more than what its title might imply to an American reader. It is not simply another 'formalist' categorizing of a particular literary genre. Todorov involves himself in a consideration of the concept of literary genre (with a perceptive critique of Northrop Frye), a detailed and perceptive discourse on 'the fantastic,' . . . and finally a philosophical-historical discussion of the relation of 'the fantastic' to literature itself. . . . This is an important work for anyone interested in criticism in general or in the criticism of fiction in particular."—Choice

• Foreword, by Robert Scholes1. Literary Genres2. Definition of the Fantastic3. The Uncanny and the Marvelous4. Poetry and Allegory5. Discourse of the Fantastic6. Themes of the Fantastic: Introduction7. Themes of the Self8. Themes of the Other9. Themes of the Fantastic: Conclusion10. Literature and the FantasticIndex