Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350110670)

From the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the 21st century, Fairy Tales of London explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H.G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China Mi ville.

Author: Hadas Elber-Aviram
ISBN-10: 1350110671
ISBN-13: 9781350110670
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 02/11/2021
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d