{"product_id":"the-fantasy-literature-of-england-hardcover","title":"The Fantasy Literature of England - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin N. Manlove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, the first book on English fantasy, Colin Manlove shows that for all its immense diversity, English fantasy can best be understood in terms of its strong national character, rather than as an international genre. Showing its development from Beowulf to Blake, the author describes English fantasy's modern growth through secondary world, metaphysical, emotive, comic, subversive, and children's fantasy. In them all England has led the world, with authors as different as Chaucer, Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Salman Rushdie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneer of criticism on fantasy literature, Colin Manlove (1942-2020) taught English and Scottish literature at the University of Edinburgh for more than twenty-six years, retiring as reader in 1993; he was awarded a DLitt in 1990. During his long and prolific career, he wrote numerous books including \u003ci\u003eModern Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eChristian Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eScottish Fantasy Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003eThe Fantasy Literature of England\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). He also wrote books on Shakespeare, children's literature, science fiction, and George MacDonald, the most recent of which, \u003ci\u003eGeorge MacDonald's Children's Fantasies and the Divine Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755070456096,"sku":"9781532677564","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/16b1388dc52f332d5a8b1a7be984a08f.webp?v=1780049752","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-fantasy-literature-of-england-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}