A Short History of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn, Edward James epub fb2 djvu
Author: | Farah Mendlesohn, Edward James |
Title: | A Short History of Fantasy |
ISBN: | 1907471669 |
ISBN13: | 978-1907471667 |
Other Formats: | txt lit mobi lrf |
Pages: | 296 pages |
Publisher: | Libri Publishing; 2 edition (October 1, 2012) |
Language: | English |
Size EPUB version: | 1244 kb |
Size FB2 version: | 1733 kb |
Category: | Literature & Fiction |
Subcategory: | History & Criticism |
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Some of the earliest books ever written, including The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Odyssey, deal with monsters, marvels, extraordinary voyages, and magic, and this genre, known as fantasy, remained an essential part of European literature through the rise of the modern realist novel. Tracing the history of fantasy from the earliest years through to the origins of modern fantasy in the 20th century, this account discusses contributions decade by decade—from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy and Lewis’s Narnia books in the 1950s to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. It also discusses and explains fantasy’s continuing and growing popularity.