← Back to search
Cover of The Encyclopedia of fantasy

The Encyclopedia of fantasy

John Clute, John Grant, Michael Ashley, David G. Hartwell, Gary Westfahl (1997)

Subgenre
Age group
Content rating
Pages1049 (Doorstopper 800+)
SettingSecondary World
Goodreads4.39/5 (347)

Content levels

ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentNot rated
LanguageNot rated

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Positive tags

Not yet tagged

Tropes

Not yet tagged

Themes

Not yet tagged

Synopsis

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.

Tags

Mythology