Twentieth-Century Fantasists
Subtitle: Essays on Culture, Society and Belief in Twentieth-Century Mythopoeic Literature
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780312079598
Subjects: 20th Century English Literature; Science Fiction And Fantasy; 20th century; English literature; English-speaking countries; Fantasy literature, English; History and criticism; Popular literature; Literary Criticism
Description: Many of the developments and concerns of the twentieth century have been anticipated by the writers of fantasy fiction. In this collection of essays, Kath Filmer has gathered specialist writers who examine the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, Ursula Le Guin and others, as works of social and cultural criticism. Essays in this book also deal with contemporary writers of fantasy - Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, and children's writers Alan Garner and Madeleine L'Engle. Other essays focus upon sword and sorcery novels and the way in which elements of television news can be read as fantasy. This is a book for all those who read and enjoy fantasy, and who want to deepen their appreciation of favourite authors in the genre.