A pioneer of criticism on fantasy literature, Colin Manlove (1942-2020) taught English and Scottish literature at the University of Edinburgh for more than twenty-six years, retiring as reader in 1993; he was awarded a DLitt in 1990. During his long and prolific career, he wrote numerous books including Modern Fantasy (1975), Christian Fantasy (1992), Scottish Fantasy Literature (1994), and The Fantasy Literature of England (1999). He also wrote books on Shakespeare, children's literature, science fiction, and George MacDonald, the most recent of which, George MacDonald's Children's Fantasies and the Divine Imagination, was published in 2019.
"This is not a survey of the field, but something more valuable to
students, as there is little available in England on these writers
set in the context of fantasy."
--Jessica Yates, British Book News
"Manlove remains the first critic of fantasy to whom one should
turn; in this volume he establishes himself as the best first
source for comment on such writers as Charles Williams and E.
Nesbit. What is best about Manlove is that, especially for a
pioneering critic, he is tough and disciplined. . . . Manlove's
biting intelligence is manifest throughout his book."
--Curtis C. Smith, Modern Fiction Studies
"[Manlove's] comments always stimulate rejoinder, never boredom. .
. . Manlove's work certainly advances our understanding of fantasy
and supplies us with a new category of terms to use in describing
it."
--Walter E. Meyers, Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review
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