The encyclopedia of fantasy
By: edited by John Clute and John Grant ; contributing editors, Mike Ashley ... [et al.] ; consultant editors, David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl.
Contributors: Clute, John, 1940-; Grant, John, 1949-; Ashley, Michael.; Hartwell, David G.; Westfahl, Gary.
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1049
Subjects: Fantasy fiction -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L. Frank Baum to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and their modern successors, like Ursula K. Le Guin, Peter S. Beagle, Stephen R. Donaldson and Jostein Gaarder.

With over 4,000 entries and over 1 million words, it covers every aspect of fantasy - in literature, films, television, opera, art and comics.