Heroic matriculation: the academies of Spenser, Lewis, and Rowling.(Edmund Spenser, J.K. Rowling and C.S. Lewis)(Critical essay)

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C.N. Manlove in Modern Fantasy: Five Studies defines fantasy as a "fiction evoking wonder and containing a substantial and irreducible element of the supernatural ... [which] can produce an imprint on our imaginations deep enough to give it a measure of truth or reality" (12). The definition identifies a source for the post-modern world's continued fascination with fantasy literature. While the nature of fantasy sets a stage that is unfamiliar (and thus fantastic), that same world must operate in a way that makes sense in order for readers/viewers to find it credible. Manlove's ...

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