Fantasy Genre Guide

Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles). Fantasy : a Short History. no. 9781350407831, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025, pp. xv, 277 pages ; 24 cm.

Stroud, Allen. Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/duke/detail.action?docID=7260539.

Swinfen, Ann. In Defence of Fantasy : a Study of the Genre in English and American Literature since 1945. no. 0710095252, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984, pp. x, 253 p. ; 22 cm.

Rogers, Brett M., and Benjamin Eldon Stevens (eds), Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy (New York, 2017; online edn, Oxford Academic, 16 Feb. 2017), https://doi-org.proxy.lib.duke.edu/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190610050.001.0001, accessed 19 Sept. 2025.

Attebery, Brian. Fantasy : How It Works. First edition., no. 9780192856234, Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 198 pages ; 23 cm.

Fimi, Dimitra, and Alastair J. P. Sims, editors. Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy. no. 9781350350014, Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, pp. xi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Tibbetts, John C. The Gothic Imagination : Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media. 1St ed., no. 023011816X, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, pp. xiv, 416 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Moen, Kristian. Film and Fairy Tales : the Birth of Modern Fantasy. First edition., no. 1299664229, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019, pp. 1 online resource (304 p.), https://na05.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/01DUKE_INST/openurl?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&portfolio_pid=53893055460008501&Force_direct=true.

Fabrizi, Mark A., editor. Fantasy Literature : Challenging Genres. 1St ed. 2016., no. 946300758X, Imprint: SensePublishers, 2016, pp. 1 online resource (233 p.), https://duke.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/openurl?institution=01DUKE_INST&u.ignore_date_coverage=true&vid=01DUKE_INST:Services&rfr_id=info:sid%2Fsummon&rft_dat=ie%3D51886327450008501.

Oliver, Matthew. Magic Words, Magic Worlds : Form and Style in Epic Fantasy. no. 9781476645889, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2022, pp. x, 274 pages ; 23 cm.