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Jan 1, 1976 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy. Hardcover – January 1, 1976. by L. Sprague de Camp (Author) 4.3 7 ratings. See all formats and editions. First edition. A history of the genre. The author attributes the invention of modern heroic fantasy to William Morris.
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Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy is a work of collective biography on the formative authors of the heroic fantasy genre by L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000), first published in 1976 by Arkham House in an edition of 5,431 copies.
- De Camp, L. Sprague (Lyon Sprague)
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Oct 23, 2013 · So, when I recently stumbled across a whole book devoted to the history of fantasy, I grabbed it! The book in question is Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy by (now deceased) L. Sprague de Camp, originally published by Arkham House Publishers in 1976.
Dec 1, 1976 · A nicely readable history of fantasy as a modern literature genre, outlined by authors notable for innovation in the field. Each chapter focuses on an author, and sometimes related authors, with biographical information, synopses of the authors work and critical notes about them.
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Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy. Lyon Sprague De Camp. Arkham House, 1976 - Fiction - 313 pages.
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Apr 1, 2022 · Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy is a collection of articles by L. Sprague de Camp. Chapter IX, "Merlin in Tweeds: J.R.R. Tolkien" (based on the article "White Wizard in Tweeds", Fantastic Stories November 1976), is a literary analysis of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy. Hardcover – Illustrated, 1 Jan. 1976. by L. De Camp (Author) 4.7 6 ratings. See all formats and editions. Biographical sketches of the leading practitioners of heroic fantasy, from William Morris and Lord Dunsany to Tolkien and T. H. White. Read more.
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