Literary Criticism and Fantasy Literature: Is Anyone Taking This Seriously?

Authors

  • Myrna Allen
  • Linda Bedwell
  • Jonathan Lewis
  • Kate Thompson
  • Jocelyne Veinot
  • Byron Walker

Keywords:

library resources, teens, fantasy fiction

Abstract

Although traditionally derided within the hallowed halls ofAnglo-American academia, fantasy literature has a long history, stretching back to the cloudy past of European memory, being rooted in traditions of fairy-tales, myths, and Arthurian epic. Historically, it was these literary predecessors that have received the lion's share of scholarly interest, being as they are wrapped up in then-prominent 19 th century ideals ofethnicity and nationalism.

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