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"Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic worked, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in the Western world by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace." "This Historical...
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Because science has played the leading role in defining our world today, science fiction has become the twentieth century's most characteristic form of literature. It excels at articulating the new possibilities for good and evil that shape our destinies in an age when science has created technologies once beyond even the reach of fantasy. Reflecting too the global nature of science, science fiction is the most international of all genres. Moreover,...
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The matter of fantasy -- The fairies underground : fantasy from the Middle Ages to Victorian times -- The golden key : fantasy of the Victorian era -- Dream days : the Edwardian Age and after -- A box of delights : fantasy of the 1920s and 1930s -- Playing in the shadows of war : fantasy of the 1940s -- There and back again : fantasy of the 1950s -- Extensions of reality : fantasy of the 1960s -- Games of dark : fantasy of the 1970s-- Possibilities...
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Imaginary beasts have figured prominently in literary works ever since the ancient world, when these myths were first formulated. But the nineteenth century witnessed the rise of science, the discovery of geological findings that challenged the biblical myth of creation, and the birth of Darwin's theory of evolution. Since then, monsters have evolved from supernatural creatures to natural ones endowed with exceptional size, strength, or intelligence....
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