The A to Z of fantasy literature / Brian Stableford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stableford, Brian M.

Series:

A to Z guides ; 46.

The A to Z guide series ; no. 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction--Dictionaries.

Fantasy fiction.

Fantasy fiction--Bio-bibliography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (568 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2009, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-498).

ISBN:

979-82-16-24514-8

1-282-52008-3

9786612520082

0-8108-6345-6

OCLC:

435778665