| Description |
viii, 212 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 200-209. |
| Contents |
Preface -- ch. 1. Locating fantasy -- ch. 2. Fantasy and the folk tradition -- ch. 3. Belief, legend, and romance -- ch. 4. Fantasy for American children -- ch. 5. Oz -- ch. 6. Fantasy and escape -- ch. 7. The Baum tradition -- ch. 8. After Tolkien. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Includes chapters on L. Frank Baum and Ursula Le Guin, with material on Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, James Branch Cabell, H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Edward Eager, and James Thurber, among others. |
| Subject |
Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction, American. |
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Fictie. |
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Het fantastische. |
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Amerikaans. |
| ISBN |
0253356652 |
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9780253356659 |
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