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Fantasists on Fantasy
| Author: | Robert H. Boyer Kenneth J. Zahorski |
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Avon, 1984 |
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| Book Type: | Non-Fiction |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Eighteen of the finest fantasy writers share the secrets of their craft in essays, excerpts, and letters. Candid, controversial, often highly personal, here is a unique glimpse into the author's singular imagination, as the real experts in the field explore the theory, technique, and aesthetics of fantasy literature.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski
- George MacDonald - essay
- The Fantastic Imagination - (1893) - essay by George MacDonald
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton - essay
- Fairy Tales - (1956) - essay by G. K. Chesterton
- Howard Phillips Lovecraft - essay
- Introduction to "Supernatural Horror in Literature" - (1927) - essay by H. P. Lovecraft
- Sir Herbert Edward Read - essay
- Fantasy (Fancy) - (1928) - essay by Herbert Read
- James Grover Thurber - essay
- The Wizard of Chitenango - (1934) - essay by James Thurber
- Tempest in a Looking Glass - (1937) - essay by James Thurber
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - essay
- Fantasy (excerpt from "On Fairy Stories") - (1939) - essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
- To W. H. Auden - (1981) - essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
- August William Derleth - essay
- The Fantastic Story (excerpt from Writing Fiction) - (1946) - essay by August Derleth
- Clive Staples Lewis - essay
- Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said - (1956) - essay by C. S. Lewis
- Félix Martí-Ibáñez - essay
- Tell Me a Story - (1959) - essay by Felix Marti-Ibanez
- Peter S. Beagle - essay
- Tolkien's Magic Ring - (1966) - essay by Peter S. Beagle
- Lloyd Alexander - essay
- Wishful Thinking -- or Hopeful Dreaming??- (1968) - essay by Lloyd Alexander
- Andre Norton - essay
- On Writing Fantasy - (1971) - essay by Andre Norton
- Jane Langton - essay
- The Weak Place in the Cloth: A Study of Fantasy for Children - (1973) - essay by Jane Langton
- Ursula K. Le Guin - essay
- Dreams Must Explain Themselves - (1973) - essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
- From Elfland to Poughkeepsie - (1973) - essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Mollie Hunter - essay
- One World - (1975) - essay by Mollie Hunter
- Katherine Kurtz - essay
- Interview Essay - (1982) - essay by Jeffrey M. Elliot and Katherine Kurtz
- Michael Moorcock - essay
- Wit and Humour in Fantasy - (1979) - essay by Michael Moorcock
- Susan Cooper - essay
- Escaping into Ourselves - (1981) - essay by Susan Cooper
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