Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface to the Morningside Edition VII
4. Preface to the 1975 Edition XIII
5. Preface XVII
6. I. The Model Developed
7. 1. Literature as Transformation 3
8. 2. A Dictionary of Fantasy 31
9. 3. The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” 63
10. 4. Form as Defense 104
11. 5. The Displacement to Language 134
12. 6. Meaning as Defense 162
13. II. The Model Applied
14. 7. Evaluation 193
15. 8. Style and the Man 225
16. 9. Myth 243
17. 10. Character and Identification 262
18. 11. Affect 281
19. 12. The Model Moralized 308
20. Notes 343
21. Glossary 361
22. Index 367