In Defence of Fantasy - A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature Since 1945

Summary

First published in 1984, 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 Tolkein had made fantasy ‘respectable’.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Swinfen, Swinfen Ann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2019
• EAN: 9780367336806
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33680-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Modern Fiction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Science Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general