The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Author(s): John Clute; John Grant; Mike Ashley (Editor); David G. Hartwell (Editor); Gary Westfahl (Editor)
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This huge volume is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L. Frank Baum to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and their modern successors, like Ursula K. Le Guin, Peter S. Beagle, Stephen R. Donaldson and Jostein Gaarder. With over 4,000 entries and over 1 million words, it covers every aspect of fantasy - in literature, films, television, opera, art and comics.
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Orbit Books
- : 1.79
- : 01 June 1999
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Special Fields
- : John Clute; John Grant; Mike Ashley (Editor); David G. Hartwell (Editor); Gary Westfahl (Editor)
- : Paperback
- : 809.3/8766/03
- : 1296