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Overviews of the genre include Lucie Armitt, Fantasy Fiction (2005); and Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (2012).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: International Journal of Novel Research and Development - A Comparative Study on Fantasy and Magic Realism Fiction (PDF). | Oct 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Fantasy. | Sep 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - All in the Mind - Fantasy and make believe how our brains interpret fiction. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Added a definition of romantasy and cross-references. | Jul 25, 2025 | ||
| Article updated and revised. | Jul 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Criterion: An International Journal in English - Mimesis and Fantasy: Literary Genres Discourse and Dissension. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas A&M University System - Marvels and Wonders: Reading, Researching, and Writing about Science Fiction and Fantasy - A Short History of Fantasy. | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences - Paradigm Shift in Fantasy Literature: Screen Adaptations as a Source of Infotainment (PDF). | Feb 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Novel Research and Development - A Comparative Study on Fantasy and Magic Realism Fiction (PDF). | Dec 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Problem of Defining Fantasy Literature. | Sep 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago - Theories of Media - Fantasy. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Fantasy. | Nov 28, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Fantasy. | Aug 24, 2018 | ||
| Added Lucie Armitt's Fantasy Fiction (2005) to the bibliography. |
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Sep 19, 2012 | |
| Article revised. | Jun 08, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 01, 1999 | ||
| New article added. | Jun 23, 1999 |
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