As if : modern enchantment and the literary pre-history of virtual reality - Saler, Michael T. , 1960- (Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 2012)
1. Living in the imagination -- 2. Delight without delusion: the new romance, spectacular texts, and public spheres -- 3. Clap if you believe in Sherlock Holmes: Arthur Conan Doyle and animistic reason -- 4. From "virtual unreality" to virtual reality: H.P. Lovecraft and public spheres of the imagination -- 5. The middle positions of middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and factionalism
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-265) and index
Keywords: Fantastic, The, in literature; Fantasy literature -- History and criticism; Imaginary societies in literature; Marvelous, The, in literature; Virtual reality in literature