Chapter 1. The Ancient and Modern Dimensions of Fantasy Literature . 11The historical development of modern fantasy literature . . . . . . . . . . . 12Contemporary problems of the modern fantasy genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Subgenres of fantasy fi ction–attempts at classifi cation . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Chapter 2. Fantastic Elements in American Literature Before 1900 . . . . 25Fantastic elements in American literaturebetween the 17th and 19th century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Fairies in 19th-Century American Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Chapter 3. Cartography in (American) Fantasy Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Imaginary maps and the act of sub-creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Analyzing and classifying fantastic maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Fantasy map as the channel of communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Chapter 4. Religion in Fantasy Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49The Lord of the Rings versus Harry Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Religious elements in fantasy fi ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Secondary worlds and secondary religions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Religion in fantasy: allegory or criticism? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Chapter 5. Anti-Christian Dimensions of Fantasy Literature . . . . . . . . . . 65Christianity versus the world of faerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Rejection of institutional religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Christianity in the role of the antagonist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Chapter 6. Lycanthropy in Fantasy Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Lycanthropy from the mythological, psychological, and socialperspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Reinvention of lycanthropy in fantasy literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Chapter 7. Unicorns in Fantasy Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Traditional elements of the unicorn mythos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90The unicorn–reimagined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Degradation of the unicorn mythos? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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