Douglas A. Anderson

The Fantasy Literature of England

Arts & Literature

“Overall Manlove's thesis is persuasive and interesting. . . . The book is very readable and frequently illuminating, though at times it feels like the shortened version of a study which could easily have been twice as long. What is here, however, is fine, and will certainly send the reader scurrying to find some of the previously un-encountered books mentioned herein, be it by comparisons with old favourites, or by brief analysis of these books in their own right.”