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KlappentextA FINALIST FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD Unearth the enchanting origins of fantasy fiction with a collection of tales as vast as the tallest tower and as mysterious as the dark depths of the forest.
Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy is essential reading for anyone who s never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder.
INCLUDING:
_Stories by pillars of the genre like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Shelley, Christina Rossetti, L. Frank Baum, Robert E. Howard, and J. R. R. Tolkien
_Fantastical offerings from literary giants including Edith Wharton, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Hesse, and W.E.B. Du Bois
_Rare treasures from Asian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions
_New translations, including fourteen stories never before in English
PLUS:
_Beautifully Bizarre Creatures! _Strange New Worlds Just Beyond the Garden Path!
_Fairy Folk and Their Dark Mischief! _Seriously Be Careful Do Not Trust Those Fairies!
Fantasy stories have always been with us. They illuminate the odd and the uncanny, the wondrous and the fantastic: all the things we know are lurking just out of sight on the other side of the looking-glass, beyond the music of the impossibly haunting violin, through the twisted trees of the ancient woods. Other worlds, talking animals, fairies, goblins, demons, tricksters, and mystics: these are the elements that populate a rich literary tradition that spans the globe. A work composed both of careful scholarship and fantastic fun, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy is essential reading for anyone who s never forgotten the stories that first inspired feelings of astonishment and wonder.
INCLUDING:
_Stories by pillars of the genre like the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Shelley, Christina Rossetti, L. Frank Baum, Robert E. Howard, and J. R. R. Tolkien
_Fantastical offerings from literary giants including Edith Wharton, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Zora Neale Hurston, Vladimir Nabokov, Hermann Hesse, and W.E.B. Du Bois
_Rare treasures from Asian, Eastern European, Scandinavian, and Native American traditions
_New translations, including fourteen stories never before in English
PLUS:
_Beautifully Bizarre Creatures! _Strange New Worlds Just Beyond the Garden Path!
_Fairy Folk and Their Dark Mischief! _Seriously Be Careful Do Not Trust Those Fairies!
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-525-43556-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum02.07.2019
Erstverkaufstag02.07.2019
Seiten848 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht891 g
Artikel-Nr.50258077
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GenreSF/Fantasy HC