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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or magical elements, often including completely imaginary realms and creatures.

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Fantasy

Nodes217
Edges216
Triples184
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009217
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related to Further reading · 44
Fantasy → An Approach, Apter, Bern, Bloomington, Brooke-Rose, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Capoferro, Christine, Cornell University Press, Cornwell, Empirical Wonder, Especially, Fantastic, Fantasy Literature, Fiction, From Gothic, Harvester Wheatsheaf, Historicizing, Indiana University Press
related to Modern fantasy · 35
Fantasy → Abraham Merritt, Although, At, Back, Despite MacDonald's, Edgar Rice Burroughs, English, George MacDonald, Goblin, Golden River, John Ruskin's, Lewis, Lord Dunsany, MacDonald, Morris's, North Wind, Oz, Peter Pan, Phantastes, Rider Haggard
related to history · 33
Fantasy → Apuleius's The Golden Ass, Aristophanes, Athenian, Babylonian, BC, Both, Christian, Court, Egypt, Egyptian, Enûma Eliš, Epic, Genres, Gilgamesh, Greek, Horus, King Khufu, Marduk, Myth, New Testaments
related to Subculture · 16
Fantasy → Anime, Anime Expo, Berserk, Florida's FX Show, In, Majutsushi Orphen, Many, MegaCon, Ohayocon, Publishers, Sailor Moon, Spirited Away, The, The World Fantasy Awards, WFC, World Fantasy Convention
related to Media · 13
Fantasy → According, Dragons, Dungeons, Harry Potter, Of, Peter Jackson, Products, Rings, RPG, RPGs, Several, The Lord, United States
related to Analysis · 8
Fantasy → English, French, However, Some, Stanislaw Lem, The French, Todorov's, Tzvetan Todorov
related to By setting · 7
Fantasy → It, On Fairy-Stories, The, This, Tolkien, Tolkien's, Works
related to By narrative function · 5
Fantasy → Farah Mendlesohn, In, Rhetorics, She, The
related to Characteristics · 5
Fantasy → An, In, Magic, Many, This
is a · 2
Fantasy → author's use of narrative elements that do not have to rely on history or nature to be coherent, genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or magical elements

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fantastic genre supernatural fiction literature elements many world works science new also century magical history women literary including horror modern

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Fantasyis agenre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or magical elements0.90text
Fantasyis aauthor's use of narrative elements that do not have to rely on history or nature to be coherent0.90text
the Epic of Gilgameshinstance offantasy elements also occur throughout ancient religious texts0.80text
the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandinstance ofthis book and successes0.80text
advanced technologyinstance offantasy incorporating elements from science fiction0.80text
aliensinstance offantasy incorporating elements from science fiction0.80text
space travelinstance offantasy incorporating elements from science fiction0.80text
but also fantastical thingsSteampunkinstance offantasy incorporating elements from science fiction0.80text
a genre which is sometimes a kind of fantasyinstance offantasy incorporating elements from science fiction0.80text
with elements from 19th century steam technologyinstance offantasy incorporating elements from science fiction0.80text
Mary Gentle's Ashinstance ofThis similarity has led to disputes about how to classify novels0.80text
the one initiated by Stanislaw Lem.Rosemary Jackson builds oninstance ofTodorov's restrictive definition and differences in national critical traditions have led to controversies0.80text

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