The Encyclopedia of fantasy 1997
By John Clute, John Grant, Michael Ashley, David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl
- Encyclopedias, Fantasy literature, Fantasy films, Fantasy in art
This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L.
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Cool, classical in form, epic and earnest.
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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About the book
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 1049
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press, Orbit, St. Martin's Griffin
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781857233681
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