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Author Clute, John, 1940-

Title The Encyclopedia of fantasy / edited by John Clute and John Grant ; contributing editors: Mike Ashley and others ; consultant editors: David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl
Edition First U.S. edition
Published New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997

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Description 1049 pages ; 26 cm
Summary 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
Subject Fantasy fiction -- Encyclopedias.
Fantasy films -- Encyclopedias.
Fantasy in art -- Encyclopedias.
Fantasy literature -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias.
Author Clute, John, 1940-
Grant, John, 1949-
LC no. 96037472
ISBN 0312145942