{"product_id":"9783032080226","title":"George R. R. Martin's \"A Game of Thrones\" : A Critical Companion (Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a brief scholarly introduction to \u003cem\u003eA Game of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e, the first volume of George R. R. Martin's ongoing series \u003cem\u003eA Song of Ice and Fire. \u003c\/em\u003eThe book examines Martin's novel as a shrewd, genre-literate utilization of commonplaces and imperatives of its genre. Young focuses on various aspects of Martin's worldbuilding, as well as his use of fantasy to manage and utilize narrative tension. The overall polemic thrust of the book will be that Martin's novel displays his ability to manage the inherent tension between literary convention and innovation, producing something that is both an admirable essay in genre and a strong platform for distinctive author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 : The Pre-Game Show.- Chapter 2 : Interrogating the Middle Ages.- Chapter 3 : Constructing and deconstructing gender.- Chapter 4: Lowering the tone world-building and critique.- Chapter 5: Turning theme into plot.- Chapter 6 :Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Rex Young\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar of the history and rhetoric of the literary supernatural, currently based in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is the author of various academic publications, most notably his book \u003cem\u003eGeorge R.R. Martin and the Fantasy Form \u003c\/em\u003e(2019). He has taught at universities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, India and New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49990669435128,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":88.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9783032080226","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}