Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present
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- Synopsis
- From the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the twenty-first century, Fairy Tales of London explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J. R. R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H. G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China MiƩville.
- Copyright:
- 2021
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781350110694
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781350110670
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 01/27/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Hadas Elber-Aviram
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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