1st Edition
In Defence of Fantasy A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature since 1945
By Ann Swinfen
Copyright 1984
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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The modern fantasy novel might hardly seem to need a defence, but its position in contemporary literature in the 1980s was still rather ambivalent. Many post-war writers had produced highly successful fantasy novels, some phenomenal publishing successes had occurred in the field, and an increasing number of universities throughout the English-speaking world now included the literary criticism of... Read more
Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1. Fantasy and the Marvellous 2. Talking Beasts 3. Worlds in Parallel 4. Secondary Worlds 5. Layers of Meaning 6. Experience Liberated 7. Idealisms: Religious and Philosophic 8. Idealisms: Social and Political 9. The Perilous Realm. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Ann Swinfen
