The A to Z of Fantasy Literature

by Brian M. Stableford

Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810868296
• ISBN13: 9780810868298
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"