AZURE A Journal of Literary Thought (Vol. 4)

<p>This is the annual anthology of works from Volume 4 of <em>AZURE: A Journal of Literary Thought</em> an online quarterly literary magazine published by Lazuli Literary Group. These works reflect our conception of a genre of our imagining which we call otherworld realism. Each work in AZURE is accompanied by a customized illustration. </p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>otherworld realism</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>[</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>uhth </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-er-</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>wurld</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>] [</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>ree</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-uh-liz-uh m]</span></p><p>���</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>noun</span></p><ol><li>a style of literature devoted to intellectual and imaginative pursuits that point towards a potential evolved reality.</li><li>a genre that represents the known often mundane world in an elevated or defamiliarising way through the skillful use of linguistic craft innovative language or experimental structure; contrast with <strong>magical realism</strong> which integrates choice plot elements into a conventionally accepted reality.</li><li>art and literature that evokes the space before clarity in which one must navigate the logic of intuition and instinct alongside the duplicity of fact.</li><li>an approach illuminating a psychic space of process; a space of ambiguity silence and internal struggle.</li><li>the pre-dawn.</li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Word Origin</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>2017; coined by Lazuli Literary Group; first appearing in AZURE: A Journal of Literary Thought Volume One.</span></p>