Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present - Paperback
Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present - Paperback
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by Hadas Elber-Aviram (Author)
Finalist for the 2022 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies
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 Miéville.
Author Biography
Hadas Elber-Aviram is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, London, UK.
