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Some of the most popular creative works are appealing because of the artificial worlds their authors create
In many of these works, fictional languages are essential to the setting and plot, and often help the author comment on social issues. This encyclopedia examines fictional and fantastic languages in a broad range of literature, films, and television shows. The Encyclopedia spans antiquity to the present. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for such works as: Acorna, The Unicorn Girl Alien Nation Baudolino A Clockwork Orange Eye of Cat Gulliver''s Travels Mork and Mindy The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Nineteen Eighty-Four The Sirens of Titan Star Trek Utopia And many more. Each entry discusses the features of the invented language central to the work and relates it to the film, literary text, or television program. Entries provide suggestions for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a selected bibliography. Because many of the works discussed are central to the curriculum, the Encyclopedia will help students understand these texts and the importance of language. At the same time, the volume''s coverage of popular books, films, and television series invites students to explore more critically those works that are most likely to interest them.
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