Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature

Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.

List of contents

Preface
Reader's Note
Chronology
Introduction
Dictionary
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Allen Stroud is a lecturer at Coventry University and a principal investigator in Creative Futures with the Ministry of Defence. He is the current Chair of the British Science Fiction Association and was editor of the British Fantasy Society Journal from 2015 to 2019. He worked on the computer games Elite Dangerous (2014), Chaos Reborn (2016) and Phoenix Point (2019), developing world backgrounds, plot and fiction. He is an award-winning writer and has written critical works, short stories, novels and music. His new science fiction novel, Fearless came out in September 2020, and the sequel, Resilient was published in 2022.

Summary

Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Stroud, Stroud Allen
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781538166062
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6606-2
• No. of pages: 578
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Science Fiction, Fantasy, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Fantasy / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, FICTION / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Reference works, Anthologies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Anthologies (non-poetry)