The American Fantasy Tradition
, by Thomsen, Brian M.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780765301529 | 0765301520
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/21/2002
This comprehensive critical anthology of American fantasy literature, applies the groundbreaking critical theorems of such esteemed American literary critics as Leslie Fiedler, Richard Chase, and Irving Howe to the genre of fantasy in an effort to delineate the true American tradition of fantasy from the Anglo-European canon.The three definitive strains focused on are: The American TaleFolk, Tall, and Weird Fantastic Americana Lands of Enchantment in Everyday Life.