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The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories

The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories( )
Selected by: Shippey, Tom
Series title:Oxford Books of Prose Ser.
ISBN:978-0-19-280382-5
Publication Date:Apr 2003
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $17.95
Book Description:

An anthology of fantasy stories selected by the eminent Medievalist and Fantasy scholar Tom Shippey, The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories gathers together thirty-one tales brimming over with imagination. This rich and intriguing collection of fantasy stories features classic figures--the Devil, trolls and werewolves, sorcerers and dragons--that have long been a part of the human psyche. The authors of these marvelous tales draw upon a deep well of images, characters, and landscapes with...
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Book Details
Pages:624
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.7 x 5 x 1.09 Inches
Book Weight:0.77 Pounds
Author Biography
(Selected by)
Tom Shippey taught at Oxford University at the same time as J. R. R. Tolkien & with the same syllabus, which gives him an intimate familiarity with the works that fueled Tolkien's imagination. He subsequently held the chair of English language & medieval literature at Leeds University that Tolkien had previously held. He currently holds the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at St. Louis University in Missouri.

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