The Fantasy Literature of England
- Author / Editor
- Manlove, Colin.
The Fantasy Literature of England
- Published
- Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999.
- Physical Description
- vi, 222 pp.
- Description
- A survey of fantasy literature in England, arranged topically in six categories: secondary world, metaphysical, emotive, comic, subversive, and children's. Includes commentary on various works by Chaucer in an opening chapter called "The Origins of English Fantasy," where Chaucer is regarded as "pre-eminent in fantasy" because he exhibits "almost the full range of approaches to the fantastic." Also suggests that NPT is "England's first significant comic fantasy," and mentions WBT and Th in this category.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Nun's Priest and His Tale
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Tale of Sir Thopas