The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature: From Irving to Le GuinBrian Attebery considers eccentricities and history in the writings of, Baum, Ruskin, MacDonald, Morris, Lewis and Tolkien in a concise survey of the different definitions and characteristics of the genre of fantasy, first exploring it as a whole, then defining its influence on American folklore. |
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... angels , heav- enly saints , and , of course , fairies . Stories originally attached to such beings were attributed to God or else became the work of the devil . Satan was allowed to keep his assistants because it suited his role as a ...
... angels , heav- enly saints , and , of course , fairies . Stories originally attached to such beings were attributed to God or else became the work of the devil . Satan was allowed to keep his assistants because it suited his role as a ...
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... Angel . For a while David stays in the moon house , polishing stars with lamb's wool and looking out through the windows at scenes on earth . Sometimes he is allowed to go out the back stairs into the Garden behind the Moon , a Paradise ...
... Angel . For a while David stays in the moon house , polishing stars with lamb's wool and looking out through the windows at scenes on earth . Sometimes he is allowed to go out the back stairs into the Garden behind the Moon , a Paradise ...
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... angels or demons , only men , in various guises , and nature . We are still in our literature a land without antecedents or intermediaries . The whole tradition of the marvelous in this country stands behind the work of Le Guin and ...
... angels or demons , only men , in various guises , and nature . We are still in our literature a land without antecedents or intermediaries . The whole tradition of the marvelous in this country stands behind the work of Le Guin and ...
Contents
Fantasy and the Folk Tradition | 16 |
Belief Legend and Romance | 33 |
Fantasy for American Children | 59 |
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