 Illustration by H.J. Ford for Andrew Lang's "The Violet Fairy Book" Image by H.J. Ford and Andrew Lang, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
FantasyFantasy Fantasy Literary genre This article is about the artistic genre. For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). "Fantasy fiction" redirects here. For the magazine, see Fantasy Fiction. Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or magical elements, often including completely imaginary realms and creatures.[1][2] Illustration "The Whirlwind Seizes the Wreath" (from the story "The Fairy Aurora") The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression fantastic literature is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics.[3][4][5][6] An archaic spelling for the term is phantasy.[7] Fantasy is generally distinguished… (Source: Wikipedia)
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