num_pages: 248
description: Using a broad definition of fantasy to include myth, folklore, legend and fairy tale, this survey of the genre will entice as well as inform any student interested in the mysterious, mystical or magical. Beloved authors like J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Morris and Robert E. Howard are examined closely.
language: English
title: Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination
titlecomplete: Fantasy: The Liberation of Imagination
genres: Theory, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 49
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Myth and Fantasy Studies
publisher: Routledge