The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Auteur: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Nombre de pages: 1100 pages
ISBN: 0312158971, 9780312158972
Edition: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date de publication: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Description: 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.