02934oam 2200649M 450 991045268450332120200324081411.00-429-23833-90-203-82528-41-283-70842-61-136-78555-8(CKB)2550000000708073(EBL)683982(OCoLC)817917598(SSID)ssj0000791100(PQKBManifestationID)11957427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000791100(PQKBWorkID)10752518(PQKB)10177935(OCoLC)820819502(MiAaPQ)EBC683982(Au-PeEL)EBL683982(CaPaEBR)ebr10617674(CaONFJC)MIL402092(OCoLC)1080588488(OCoLC-P)1080588488(FlBoTFG)9780429238338(EXLCZ)99255000000070807320190103e20161997 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrFantasy the liberation of imagination /Richard MathewsLondon :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (244 p.)Genres in contextFirst Routledge paperback edition 2002.1-138-13965-3 0-415-93890-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Fantasy; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Chapter 1. From Antiquity to Infinity: The Development of Modern Fantasy; Chapter 2. Forging Fantasy Paradigms: Sword Tempered by Water (William Morris's The Well at the World's End); Chapter 3. Shaping Modern Fantasy: Cosmic Light and Dark (J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings); Chapter 4. Plotting the Modern Mythic Hero: Morris and Tolkien; Chapter 5. Shining Past and Future: The Persistence of Camelot (T. H. White's The Once and Future King)Chapter 6. Darkening Antiquity: Sword and Sorcery (Robert E. Howard's Conan Series)Chapter 7. Completing the Circle: Language, Power, and Vision (Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle); Notes and References; Bibliographic Essay; Recommended Titles; IndexUsing a broad definition of fantasy to include myth, folklore, legend and fairy tale, this survey of the genre will entice as well as inform any student interested in the mysterious, mystical or magical. Beloved authors like J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Morris and Robert E. Howard are examined closely.Genres in ContextFantasy literatureHistory and criticismElectronic books.Fantasy literatureHistory and criticism.809.38766Mathews Richard1944-592924OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910452684503321Fantasy1000686UNINA