Ann Swinfen In defence of fantasy

a study of the genre in English and American literature since 1945

Dr. Ann Swinfen presents a wide-ranging and comprehensive view of fantasy: what it is, what it tries to achieve, what fundamental differences distinguish it from mainstream realist fiction. She concentrates on the three decades from 1945, when a new generation of writers found that Tolkien had made fantasy "respectable." Her approach is thematic, rather than by individual author, and she brings out the profound moral purpose that underlies much modern fantasy, in a wide range of works, both British...

Engels | 253 pagina's | Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, Boston | 1984

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