Introduction Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn;
Part I. Histories:
1. Fantasy from Dryden to Dunsany -- Gary K. Wolfe
2. Gothic and horror fiction -- Adam Roberts
3. American fantasy, 1820–1950 -- Paul Kincaid
4. The development of children's fantasy -- Maria Nikolajeva
5. Tolkien, Lewis, and the explosion of genre fantasy -- Edward James
Part II. Ways of Reading:
6. Structuralism -- Brian Attebery
7. Psychoanalysis -- Andrew M. Butler
8. Political readings -- Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint
9. Modernism and postmodernism -- Jim Casey
10. Thematic criticism -- Farah Mendlesohn
11. The languages of the fantastic -- Greer Gilman
12. Reading the fantasy series -- Kari Maund
13. Reading the slipstream -- Gregory Frost
Part III. Clusters:
14. Magical realism -- Sharon Sieber
15. Writers of colour -- Nnedi Okorafor
16. Quest fantasies -- W. A. Senior
17. Urban fantasy -- Alexander C. Irvine
18. Dark fantasy and paranormal romance -- Roz Kaveney
19. Modern children's fantasy -- Charlie Butler
20. Historical fantasy -- Veronica Schanoes
21. Fantasies of history and religion -- Graham Sleight
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