Stories about Stories Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth

Drawing on literary history and folklore, Stories about Stories offers an introduction to the fantasy genre's popularity and cultural importance. Reading works by figures such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Alan Garner, Amitav Ghosh, and many others, Attebery explores both...

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Main Author Attebery, Brian
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press, Incorporated 2014
Oxford University Press
Edition1
Subjects
Fantasy literature
History and criticism
Literature and myth
Myth in literature
Theory, etc
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Summary:Drawing on literary history and folklore, Stories about Stories offers an introduction to the fantasy genre's popularity and cultural importance. Reading works by figures such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin, Alan Garner, Amitav Ghosh, and many others, Attebery explores both the familiar and the forgotten to produce the first comprehensive look at fantasy's uses of myth.
ISBN:0199316074
9780199316076