@article{435275,
      recid = {435275},
      author = {James, Edward, and Mendlesohn, Farah.},
      title = {The Cambridge companion to fantasy literature /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      pages = {xxiv, 268 p. :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment and the  recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in  imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the  Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century  popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the  fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and  his many imitators, however, it has become a major  publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors  of fantasy look at the history of fantasy since the  Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different  codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy and  examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of  fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of  the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end.  The book is edited by the same pair who edited The  Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo  Award in 2005)"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/435275},
}