Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature by Brian Stableford
Brand: Scarecrow Press
Product Description
The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes crossreferenced entries on more than 700 authors ranging across the entire historical spectrum while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres key images in fantasy literature technical terms used in fantasy criticism and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies scholarly fantasies and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations to individual author studies and useful websites.
Condition : New
Author : Brian Stableford
Weight : 795
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780810849440
ISBN10 : 0810849445
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20060112
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 568 Pages
Dimensions : 215 X 151 X 35