William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy
The novels The Wood Beyond the World (1894) and The Weil at the World's End (1896) by William Morris are considered the formative works of the type of literature which has been labelled high fantasy. The latter is one of the commercially most successful genres of fantasy literature. The two no...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2009-12-01
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The novels The Wood Beyond the World (1894) and The Weil at the World's End (1896) by William Morris are considered the formative works of the type of literature which has been labelled high fantasy. The latter is one of the commercially most successful genres of fantasy literature. The two novels are analysed from the perspective of critical utopianism as articulated through a distinctive type of aesthetic structure which was established in these works and has become characteristic of the high fantasy literature. The author of the article suggests that it is this complex of aesthetic structiire-aiid ifs iiiherent iitopian lmpulse which may be one of the important faciors-in the perennia popularity of high fantasy.
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| spelling | doaj.art-62eba1c89a7a47ee9cd6f89e8968fe612023-01-18T08:46:47ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Neophilologica0567-784X2350-417X2009-12-01421-210.4312/an.42.1-2.45-55William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasyMatic Večko0University of Ljubljana The novels The Wood Beyond the World (1894) and The Weil at the World's End (1896) by William Morris are considered the formative works of the type of literature which has been labelled high fantasy. The latter is one of the commercially most successful genres of fantasy literature. The two novels are analysed from the perspective of critical utopianism as articulated through a distinctive type of aesthetic structure which was established in these works and has become characteristic of the high fantasy literature. The author of the article suggests that it is this complex of aesthetic structiire-aiid ifs iiiherent iitopian lmpulse which may be one of the important faciors-in the perennia popularity of high fantasy. https://journals.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/5998English literature / fantasy / high fantasy |
| spellingShingle | Matic Večko William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy Acta Neophilologica English literature / fantasy / high fantasy |
| title | William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy |
| title_full | William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy |
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| title_short | William Morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy |
| title_sort | william morris and the critical utopia of high fantasy |
| topic | English literature / fantasy / high fantasy |
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