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Critical Essays on Lord Dunsany
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2013
Summary
From the publication of his first book in 1905 until his death, Lord Dunsany (1878–1957) was an immensely popular Anglo-Irish writer. He has long been admired in the realms of fantasy, horror, and supernatural fiction and was a friend and colleague of writers W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, James Stephens, and Oliver St. John Gogarty. In recent years he has enjoyed a resurgence as a pioneering fantasy writer and an immense influence on later work in the genre.
Critical Essays on Lord Dunsany is the first volume to assemble studies of Dunsany’s short fiction, novels, plays, and memoirs, as well as discussions of his influence on such writers as J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. The book also contains early articles and reviews by Yeats, Lovecraft, H. L. Mencken, Rebecca West, and Arthur C. Clarke. Seven original essays by leading contemporary scholars on Dunsany examine the use of medieval archetypes in his fantasy novels; the distinctiveness of his recurring character, clubman Joseph Jorkens; the influence of Don Quixote on his first novel, The Chronicles of Rodriguez (1922); the treatment of religion in his later novels; and other subjects.
This anthology presents a comprehensive snapshot of Dunsany’s distinctive work and his contribution to fantasy fiction and world literature. Making a case for the continued study of this neglected but hugely influential writer, Critical Essays on Lord Dunsany will be of great interest to enthusiasts of Dunsany’s work as well as students and scholars of fantasy, horror, the supernatural, and Irish literature.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-9234-7
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-9235-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
288
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 Lord Dunsany No access
2 Lord Dunsany No access
3 Lord Dunsany No access
4 Introduction to Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany No access
5 Lord Dunsany’s Peculiar Genius No access
6 Lord Dunsany and His Work No access
7 Lord Dunsany No access
8 Dreams of Empire, Empire of Dreams No access
9 “The Laughter of the Gods” No access
10 Introduction to A Dreamer’s Tales and Other Stories No access
11 Dunsany Lord of Fantasy No access
12 A Dreamer’s Tales No access
13 Lord Dunsany No access
14 Jorkens No access
15 Mencken on Dunsany No access
16 If No access
17 Dunsany No access
18 Beyond the Fields No access
19 A Tory Young Hopeful No access
20 Sleep’s Painted Scene No access
21 The Archetypes of Romance and The King of Elfland’s Daughter No access
22 The Influence of Don Quixote on Lord Dunsany’s Don Rodriguez No access
23 Christianity and Paganism in Two Dunsany Novels No access
24 Dunsany’s Retreat from the Fantastic No access
25 From Gods to Giants No access
26 “The Strength of Imaginative Idiom” No access
27 Lovecraft’s “Dunsanian Studies” No access
28 Recovering the Effects of Lord Dunsany on J. R. R. Tolkien No access
