| LC control no. | sh 85047114 |
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| LC classification | PN3435 History and criticism PN6071.F25 Collections |
| Topical heading | Fantasy fiction |
| Variant(s) | Fantastic fiction Heroic fantasy (Fiction) |
| See also | Fantasy literature Fiction |
| Found in | Filmer-Davies, K. Fantasy fiction and Welsh myth, 1996. Web. 3 (Fantasy fiction: imaginative fiction dependent for effect on strangeness of setting and of characters) Ruse, C. The Cassell dict. of lit. and lang., 1992 (Fantasy: any piece of writing that extends the imagination beyond what seems possible; often inventing imaginary worlds set in the past and future) Holman, C.H. A handbk. to lit., 1980 (Fantasy: applied to a work which takes place in a nonexistent and unreal world and/or employs physical and scientific principles not yet discovered) Concise Ox. dict. of lit. terms, 1990 (Fantasy: a general term for any kind of fictional work that is not primarily devoted to realistic representation of the known world) GSAFD (Fantasy fiction: use for works that feature imaginary worlds, extraordinary creatures, sorcerers, epic quests and magic) |
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