Their work, like any true work of Faerie, teaches us all something about ourselves that is at once exhilarating and terrifying. That question is as hard to answer as any other concerning Faerie. Pseudo-Faerie certainly classifies as fantasy. Both false and true Faerie make use of the same elements, but the former lacks something of the enchantment of the latter. To answer this, we must first define our field of search.
Fantastic literature falls into six categories.
This literature reminds us that the gulf separating our world of drudgery and the world of magic may not stretch as far as we think. The bulk of fantastic literature falls under the broad title of fiction. That title can be subdivided, though, into four subject areas. These two subdivisions deal with the mind-set necessary to experience the magic of Faerie. On the surface, they might have nothing to do with any fantasy world.