Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy
| Book | Imaginary Worlds |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books, Inc. |
| Publisher Series | Ballantine Adult Fantasy |
| Copyright Holder | Lin Carter |
| Cover Art by | Gervasio Gallardo |
| About/Subject | Modern Literary Fantasy |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York, United States |
| First Printing | 1973-06 |
| Copyright | 1973 |
| Pages / Font | 278 pages |
| Catalog Number | 03309 |
| SBN | 345-03309-4-125 |
| Impression/Printing No. | 1 |
| Price | US $1.25 |
| Chapters | Introduction: The Empire of Imagination . . . 1 1. From Uruk to Utterbol: William Morris and the First Fantasy Novels . . . 13 2. The World's Edge, and Beyond: The Fiction of Dunsany, Eddison, and Cabell . . . 27 3. Lost Cities, Forgotten Ages: The Rise of Fantasy in the American Pulp Magazines . . . 49 4. The Mathematics of Magic: Imaginary World Fantasy in Unknown . . . 70 5. From The Night Land to Narnia: The Road to The Lord of the Rings . . . 88 6. The Inklings Produce a Classic: The Achievement of Tolkien and His Influence . . . 109 7. Post-Howardian Heroica: The Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America, Ltd. . . . 131 8. The Young Magicians: Some Modern Masters of Fantasy . . . 159 9. Of World-Making: Some Problems of the Invented Milieu . . . 174 10. A Local Habitation and a Name: Some Observations on Neocognomina . . . 192 11. The Tricks of the Trade: Some Advanced Techniques of World-Making . . . 213 Notes to the Chapters . . . 233 Bibliography I: General References . . . 253 Bibliography II: The Adult Fantasy Series . . . 268 Index . . . 273 |
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