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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782078503321

Titolo

Fantastic worlds : myths, tales, and stories / / edited and with commentaries by Eric S. Rabkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1979

ISBN

0-19-983919-0

1-280-52284-4

0-19-802024-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 478 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

RabkinEric S

Disciplina

808.83/876

Soggetti

Fantasy literature

Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE SOURCES OF THE FANTASTIC; MYTH; FOLKTALE; FAIRY TALE; THE DIVERSITY OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE; FANTASY; HORROR FICTION; GHOST STORIES; HEROIC FANTASY; SCIENCE FICTION; MODERN FANTASY; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Covers fantastic narrative from ancient myths to modern science fiction in more than fifty tales which represent man's imagination in etiology, entertainment, and wonder.