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Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy (Paperback)
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Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy (Paperback)
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Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy is the first collection of
essays in English focusing on how fantasy draws deeply on ancient
Greek and Roman mythology, philosophy, literature, history, art,
and cult practice. Presenting fifteen all-new essays intended for
both scholars and other readers of fantasy, this volume explores
many of the most significant examples of the modern genre-including
the works of H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, C. S.
Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series,
George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, and more-in relation
to important ancient texts such as Aeschylus' Oresteia, Aristotle's
Poetics, Virgil's Aeneid, and Apuleius' The Golden Ass. These
varied studies raise fascinating questions about genre, literary
and artistic histories, and the suspension of disbelief required
not only of readers of fantasy but also of students of antiquity.
Ranging from harpies to hobbits, from Cyclopes to Cthulhu, and all
manner of monster and myth in-between, this comparative study of
Classics and fantasy reveals deep similarities between ancient and
modern ways of imagining the world. Although antiquity and the
present day differ in many ways, at its base, ancient literature
resonates deeply with modern fantasy's image of worlds in flux and
bodies in motion.
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