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- Title In Defence of Fantasy: A Study of the Genre in English and American Literature since 1945
- Author Ann Swinfen
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 266
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 2021-10-01
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780367336851 / 0367336855
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.56 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.42 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.087
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New. The modern fantasy novel might hardly seem to need a defence, but its position in contemporary literature in the 1980s was still rather ambivalent. Many post-war writers had produced highly successful fantasy novels, some phenomenal publishing successes had occurred in the field, and an increasing number of universities throughout the English-speaking world now included the literary criticism of fantasy as part of their English Literature courses. None the less some critics and academics condemned the whole genre with a passion that seemed less than objectively critical. In this book, originally published in 1984, 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 Tolkein had made fantasy 'respectable'. Her approach is thematic, rather than by individual…
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