Twentieth-Century Fantasists

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Twentieth-Century Fantasists is written by Kath Filmer and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1349221260 (ISBN 10) and 9781349221264 (ISBN 13).

Twentieth-Century Fantasists is a collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included: and also works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford, and Salman Rushdie are discussed. The book surveys the social and cultural changes of the twentieth century as reflected in the works of fantasy writers.