Bangsian fantasy
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Bangsian fantasy is a
Definition
According to E. F. Bleiler, in his 1983 Guide to Supernatural Fiction, "Bangs' most noteworthy achievement was a contribution to literary typology: the so-called Bangsian story, in which important literary and historical personalities serve humorously as characters in a slender plot line. Bangs did not invent this subgenre, but his work gave it publicity and literary status."
Bleiler's definition does not take into account that some of Bangs' stories, including the definitive
Selected works of Bangsian fantasy
By Bangs
The four Associated Shades books may be considered collections rather than novels. The first three, at least, were first published as serials in
- A House-Boat on the Styx (1895)
- The Pursuit of the House-Boat (1897)
- The Enchanted Type-Writer (1899)
- Mr. Munchausen (1901)
By others
- Riverworld series (from 1971) by Philip José Farmer[4]
- Heroes in Hell series (from 1986) by Janet Morris[5]
- American writer Richard Matheson
- The City of the Saved sub-series (part of the Faction Paradox series).[6]
See also
References
- ^ "John Kendrick Bangs". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2006-09-06.
- ^ Nevins, Jess (2003), Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, MonkeyBrain Books, p. 179
- ^ Kundu, Rama (2008), Intertext: A Study of the Dialogue Between Texts, Sarup & Sons, New Delhi, pp. 142–143
- ISBN 9780312198695.
- ^ "Amazing Stories | Excerpt: The Sacred Band a Novel by Janet Morris & Chris Morris - Amazing Stories". Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
- ^ "Goodreads".
External links
- "Posthumous Fantasy", entry in the 1997 Encyclopedia of Fantasy – another class of afterlife fantasy, distinguished from that of Bangs (see also)
- John Kendrick Bangs at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database