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Fantastic worlds : myths, tales, and stories / edited and with commentaries by Eric S. Rabkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy literature.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 478 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covers fantastic narrative from ancient myths to modern science fiction in more than fifty tales which represent man's imagination in etiology, entertainment, and wonder.
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE SOURCES OF THE FANTASTIC; MYTH; FOLKTALE; FAIRY TALE; THE DIVERSITY OF FANTASTIC LITERATURE; FANTASY; HORROR FICTION; GHOST STORIES; HEROIC FANTASY; SCIENCE FICTION; MODERN FANTASY; ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-983919-0
- 1-280-52284-4
- 0-19-802024-4
- OCLC:
- 476007267
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