The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le GuinIndiana University Press, 1980 M11 22 - 224 páginas Brian Attebery considers eccentricities and history in the writings of, Baum, Ruskin, MacDonald, Morris, Lewis and Tolkien in a concise survey of the different definitions and characteristics of the genre of fantasy, first exploring it as a whole, then defining its influence on American folklore. |
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... things and simple language , delight in the hills and forests of the English countryside , an unorthodox but profound religious sense , and a fascination with the impossible . Per- haps these are not so much characteristics of fantasy ...
... things and simple language , delight in the hills and forests of the English countryside , an unorthodox but profound religious sense , and a fascination with the impossible . Per- haps these are not so much characteristics of fantasy ...
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... Things always seem to be springing to life in Oz . As I said earlier , it is a remarkably fertile place . But what is the end result of all this magical procreation ? It is almost always to the good . By this means Oz has been provided ...
... Things always seem to be springing to life in Oz . As I said earlier , it is a remarkably fertile place . But what is the end result of all this magical procreation ? It is almost always to the good . By this means Oz has been provided ...
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... things , and transform themselves or anything else they choose . The true names of things , we learn in A Wizard of Earthsea , make up a language , which is the native tongue of dragons and the source of their wisdom , as it is the ...
... things , and transform themselves or anything else they choose . The true names of things , we learn in A Wizard of Earthsea , make up a language , which is the native tongue of dragons and the source of their wisdom , as it is the ...
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Fantasy and the Folk Tradition | 16 |
Belief Legend and Romance | 33 |
Fantasy for American Children | 59 |
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