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Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader by Bloomsbury Academic offers an unprecedented exploration of fantasy literature's development across centuries. This comprehensive volume presents the full range of scholarly debates concerning the fantastic and its relationship to the sublime, the Gothic, children's literature, romance and comedy, examining how imaginative literature serves multiple purposes in culture. Each essay is either presented in full or carefully excerpted to provide the most relevant commentary, with introductions situating readers in the history of fantasy literature and the critical discourse it has inspired. Working to be inclusive rather than exclusive, this reference serves scholars, students and enthusiasts seeking to understand how fantasy literature evolved and continues to shape literary criticism and practice today.

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Bloomsbury Academic's critical reader covers the full range of fantasy literature debates and scholarly perspectives.

The volume examines fantasy's relationships to the sublime, the Gothic, children's literature, romance and comedy.

Each essay includes an introduction that situates readers in the history of fantasy literature and its criticism.

Full and excerpted essays are selected for the most relevant commentary on imaginative literature's purposes.

This comprehensive reference record traces the development of fantasy literature across multiple genres and traditions.

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30 June 2004
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