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| High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel worlds. High fantasy came to fruition through the work of authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis whose major fantasy works were published in the 1950s. High fantasy, along with sword and sorcery, has become one of the two genres most commonly associated with the general term fantasy. These... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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High fantasy
High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel worlds. High fantasy came to fruition through the work of authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis whose major fantasy works were published in the 1950s. -
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Fantasy
However, it was the advent of high fantasy, and most of all the popularity of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in the late 1960s, that allowed fantasy to truly enter the mainstream. -
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Medieval fantasy
Medieval fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that encompasses medieval era high fantasy and sometimes simply represents fictitious versions of historic events. -
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Category:High fantasy novels
Fantasy novels by subgenre -
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List of fantasy authors
Jim Grimsley, author of the high fantasy novel Kirith Kirin -
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List of high fantasy fiction
This list contains a variety of examples of high fantasy fiction. -
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Fantasy film
High Fantasy films tend to feature a more richly developed fantasy world, and may also be more character-oriented or thematically complex. -
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List of fantasy subgenres
The term high fantasy (also epic fantasy) generally refers to fantasy that depicts an epic struggle between good and evil in a fantasy world, parallel to ours. -
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Low fantasy
Low fantasy is an umbrella term, describing various works within different sub-genres of fantasy, to contrast specific works with high fantasy. -
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Furies of Calderon
Furies of Calderon is a 2004 high fantasy novel by Jim Butcher.
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