On the Idea of the Secondary World in Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi
The paper seeks to explore the concept of the secondary world as developed in Susanna Clarke’s 2020 fantasy novel Piranesi. The analysis is conducted in the context of the evolution of the literary motif of fairy abduction between the classic medieval texts and its current incarnations in modern spe...
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oai:doaj.org-article:2fe427cd023c461291606f4e99fa698c2021-11-09T10:13:01ZOn the Idea of the Secondary World in Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi10.7311/0860-5734.30.1.080860-5734https://doaj.org/article/2fe427cd023c461291606f4e99fa698c2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doaj.org/toc/0860-5734The paper seeks to explore the concept of the secondary world as developed in Susanna Clarke’s 2020 fantasy novel Piranesi. The analysis is conducted in the context of the evolution of the literary motif of fairy abduction between the classic medieval texts and its current incarnations in modern speculative fiction. The argument relates the unique secondary world model found in Clarke’s novel to the extensive intertextual relationship Piranesi has with the tradition of portal fantasy narratives, and discusses it in the context of the progressive cognitive internalisation of the perception of the fantastic which has taken place between the traditional medieval paradigm and contemporary fantasy fiction.Bartłomiej BłaszkiewiczInstitute of English Studiesarticlefantasysecondary worldfairy abductionmedievalc.s. lewissusanna clarkeEnglish languagePE1-3729English literaturePR1-9680ENAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 111-132 (2021) |
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The paper seeks to explore the concept of the secondary world as developed in Susanna Clarke’s 2020 fantasy novel Piranesi. The analysis is conducted in the context of the evolution of the literary motif of fairy abduction between the classic medieval texts and its current incarnations in modern speculative fiction. The argument relates the unique secondary world model found in Clarke’s novel to the extensive intertextual relationship Piranesi has with the tradition of portal fantasy narratives, and discusses it in the context of the progressive cognitive internalisation of the perception of the fantastic which has taken place between the traditional medieval paradigm and contemporary fantasy fiction. |
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