| Description |
x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Theory of fantasy -- Some trends in fantasy -- A timeline of fantasy -- Some fantasy award-winners -- Fantasy illustration -- Subgenres of fantasy -- Sources -- A bibliographic guide to fantasy |
| Summary |
A study and bibliography of modern fantasy novels and stories, concentrating on books that have taken on somewhat classic proportions, but examining others as well. Chapter one defines fantasy as a type of modern literature, establishing certain set subgenres, using terminology derived from J.R.R. Tolkien's "On Fairy-Stories" and Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism. Chapter two is a historical overview of fantasy from George MacDonald and William Morris to the present. The bibliographical guide consists of approximately one thousand annotated entries, evaluating the works and placing them in their appropriate subgenres...Four appendices list fantasies by subgenre, by year of appearance, and by awards given to them. There is also a discussion, with examples, of the current state of fantasy illustration |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-124) |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction -- Bibliography.
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Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies.
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| LC no. |
76000900 |
| ISBN |
068910846X |
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