The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy

by Stableford, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780946626786
• ISBN10: 0946626782
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-02-26
• Publisher: Dedalus Ltd

Summary

Beginning in 1804 with Nathan Drake's Henry Fitzowen, The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy traces the development of the genre through the stories and poems of Coleridge, Keats, Dickens, Disraeli, William Morris, Christina Rossetti, Tennyson and Vernon Lee, until the end of the century and Richard Garnett's Alexander the Ratcatcher.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Henry Fitzowen	p. 41
Kubla Khan	p. 70
Lamia	p. 73
The Nymph of Lurleiberg	p. 94
Ixion in Heaven	p. 109
The Story of The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton	p. 138
A Chronicle of England	p. 151
Erotion	p. 167
Morte d'Arthur	p. 194
The Walking Stick of Destiny	p. 204
A Dream	p. 219
The Woman in the Mirror	p. 238
Goblin Market	p. 260
The Sacristan of St. Botolph	p. 277
The Dong With The Luminous Nose	p. 299
Sir Jocelyn's Cap	p. 304
The Siren	p. 353
In The Wrong Paradise	p. 363
The House of Judgement	p. 378
St Eudaemon and His Orange Tree	p. 381
Alexander the Ratcatcher	p. 393
Appendix	p. 409
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