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The Encyclopedia of fantasy

Author: John Clute; John Grant; et al
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Encyclopedias
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Clute; John Grant; et al
ISBN: 0312145942 9780312145941 0312158971 9780312158972
OCLC Number: 35978500
Description: 1049 p. ; 26 cm.
Responsibility: edited by John Clute and John Grant ; contributing editors: Mike Ashley et al. ; consultant editors: David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl.

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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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