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Sfra Review, November/December 2002
Sfra Review, November/December 2002
SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)
The November/December 2002 issue of the SFRA Review.
Sfra Review, September/December 2002
Sfra Review, September/December 2002
SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)
The September/December 2002 issue of the SFRA Review.
White Knowledge And The Cauldron Of Story: The Use Of Allusion In Terry Pratchett's Discworld., William Thomas Abbott
White Knowledge And The Cauldron Of Story: The Use Of Allusion In Terry Pratchett's Discworld., William Thomas Abbott
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In the last twenty years, Terry Pratchett's Discworld series has become very popular. Pratchett's success hinges in part on his use of allusion, in what Tolkien called the "Cauldron of Story," and what Pratchett refers to as "white knowledge." This paper explores the Discworld novels and illustrates Pratchett's use and success of storytelling through a few key directions: folk tales, fantasy literature, movies, and rock music.
Pratchett has received limited critical review, mostly of a negative nature, while producing a strong literary series, one crafted with both obvious and subtle recognition of his genre's sources. While standing on the shoulders …