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Children's fantasy

January 01, 1970

Children's fantasy is children's literature with fantasy elements: fantasy intended for young readers.[1] It may also mean fantasy read by children, regardless of the intended audience.[2]

Illustration from first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The genre has roots in folk tales such as Aesop's Fables that were not originally intended for children: before the Victorian era, fairytales were perceived as immoral and ill-suited for children's minds.[3][4] A market for children's fantasy was established in Britain in the 19th century,[5] leading to works such as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Edith Nesbit's Five Children series;[6] the genre also developed in America, exemplified by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.[7] Of the authors of this period, Nesbit is commonly cited as the creator of modern children's fantasy.[8]

The golden age of children's fantasy, in scholars' view, occurred in the mid-20th century when the genre was influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia.[9][10] In the vein of Narnia, the post-war period saw rising stakes and manifestations of evil in the works of Susan Cooper and Alan Garner.[11] Tolkien's Middle-earth led to mythopoeic fantasy in the 1970s, from authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin and Robin McKinley.[12] Another influential writer of this period was Diana Wynne Jones, who wrote both medievalist and realist fantasies.[13]

In the late 1990s, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter led to a commercial boom in the genre, reviving older authors' careers and spawning many imitators.[14][15] A concurrent success is Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, a darker, realistic fantasy that led to a corresponding trend in a new young adult market.[16][17]

Children's fantasy books and series edit

The protagonists are usually children or teens who have unique abilities, gifts, possessions or even allies that allow them to face powerful adversaries. Harry Potter is a powerful young wizard, one of the children of The Dark Is Rising series is an immature Old One with magical abilities, and in the His Dark Materials series the children have magical items and animal allies. The plot frequently incorporates a bildungsroman.

In the earlier part of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis noted that fantasy was more accepted in juvenile literature, and therefore a writer interested in fantasy often wrote in it to find an audience.[18]

Forerunners edit

1900 to 1945 edit

Post-War and 1950s edit

Late 20th Century edit

More recent titles and series edit

References edit

  1. ^ Nikolajeva 2012, p. 50.
  2. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 6–7.
  3. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, p. 12.
  4. ^ Ashley & Grant 1997.
  5. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 28–29.
  6. ^ Townsend 2001, p. 253.
  7. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, p. 59.
  8. ^ Nikolajeva 2012, p. 51.
  9. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, p. 115.
  10. ^ Cecire 2019, pp. 83–84.
  11. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 106, 111–13.
  12. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 138, 142.
  13. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 151, 154.
  14. ^ Beckett 2008, p. 135.
  15. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 167, 170.
  16. ^ Beckett 2008, pp. 117, 138.
  17. ^ Levy & Mendlesohn 2016, pp. 212–13.
  18. ^ Lewis 1975, p. 41.

Sources edit

  • Ashley, Mike; Grant, John (1997). "Children's fantasy". In Clute, John; Grant, John (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. St. Martin's Griffin.
  • Beckett, Sandra L. (2008). Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203893135. ISBN 978-0-203-89313-5.
  • Cecire, Maria Sachiko (2019). Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children's Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-5943-6. OCLC 1097419657.
  • Levy, Michael; Mendlesohn, Farah (2016). Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139087421. ISBN 978-1-139-08742-1.
  • Lewis, C. S. (1975). Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories. Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-15-667897-1. OCLC 1132332944.
  • Nikolajeva, Maria (2012). "The development of children's fantasy". In James, Edward; Mendlesohn, Farah (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature. Cambridge University Press. pp. 50–61. doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521429597.006. ISBN 978-0-521-42959-7.
  • Townsend, John Rowe (2001). "Fantasy". In Watson, Victor (ed.). The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-07410-3. OCLC 436845497.

Further reading edit

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Children s fantasy is children s literature with fantasy elements fantasy intended for young readers 1 It may also mean fantasy read by children regardless of the intended audience 2 Illustration from first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The genre has roots in folk tales such as Aesop s Fables that were not originally intended for children before the Victorian era fairytales were perceived as immoral and ill suited for children s minds 3 4 A market for children s fantasy was established in Britain in the 19th century 5 leading to works such as Lewis Carroll s Alice in Wonderland and Edith Nesbit s Five Children series 6 the genre also developed in America exemplified by L Frank Baum s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 7 Of the authors of this period Nesbit is commonly cited as the creator of modern children s fantasy 8 The golden age of children s fantasy in scholars view occurred in the mid 20th century when the genre was influenced by J R R Tolkien s The Hobbit and C S Lewis s The Chronicles of Narnia 9 10 In the vein of Narnia the post war period saw rising stakes and manifestations of evil in the works of Susan Cooper and Alan Garner 11 Tolkien s Middle earth led to mythopoeic fantasy in the 1970s from authors such as Ursula K Le Guin and Robin McKinley 12 Another influential writer of this period was Diana Wynne Jones who wrote both medievalist and realist fantasies 13 In the late 1990s J K Rowling s Harry Potter led to a commercial boom in the genre reviving older authors careers and spawning many imitators 14 15 A concurrent success is Philip Pullman s His Dark Materials a darker realistic fantasy that led to a corresponding trend in a new young adult market 16 17 Contents 1 Children s fantasy books and series 1 1 Forerunners 1 2 1900 to 1945 1 3 Post War and 1950s 1 4 Late 20th Century 1 5 More recent titles and series 2 References 3 Sources 4 Further readingChildren s fantasy books and series editThis section may contain unverified or indiscriminate information in embedded lists Please help clean up the lists by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article February 2022 The protagonists are usually children or teens who have unique abilities gifts possessions or even allies that allow them to face powerful adversaries Harry Potter is a powerful young wizard one of the children of The Dark Is Rising series is an immature Old One with magical abilities and in the His Dark Materials series the children have magical items and animal allies The plot frequently incorporates a bildungsroman In the earlier part of the 20th century C S Lewis noted that fantasy was more accepted in juvenile literature and therefore a writer interested in fantasy often wrote in it to find an audience 18 Forerunners edit E T A Hoffmann The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Charles Kingsley The Water Babies George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin The Light Princess At the Back of the North Wind Lewis Carroll Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking glass Carlo Collodi The Adventures of Pinocchio Kenneth Grahame The Reluctant Dragon 1900 to 1945 edit L Frank Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its many sequels Beatrix Potter The Tale of Peter Rabbit and rest of The 23 Tales Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows J M Barrie Peter Pan or the Boy Who Wouldn t Grow Up E Nesbit Five Children and It The Phoenix and the Carpet The Story of the Amulet The Enchanted Castle The Magic City Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook s Hill and Rewards and Fairies Selma Lagerlof The Wonderful Adventures of Nils A A Milne Winnie the Pooh The House at Pooh Corner Zofia Kossak Szczucka The Troubles of a Gnome Erich Kastner The 35th of May or Conrad s Ride to the South Seas P L Travers Mary Poppins series J R R Tolkien The Hobbit Antoine de Saint Exupery The Little Prince Mary Norton The Magic Bed Knob Bonfires and Broomsticks Post War and 1950s edit Jan Brzechwa Pan Kleks trilogy C S Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia Astrid Lindgren Pippi Longstocking series Mio My Son Karlsson on the Roof series Robert A Heinlein the Heinlein juveniles a set of 12 books that includes Starship Troopers T H White The Sword in the Stone and Mistress Masham s Repose Tove Jansson the Moomin series Mary Norton The Borrowers series Late 20th Century edit Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are Joan Aiken Wolves Chronicles Astrid Lindgren Ronia the Robber s Daughter The Brothers Lionheart Michael Ende Momo The Neverending Story Susan Cooper The Dark Is Rising Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory James and the Giant Peach Matilda The BFG and others Diana Wynne Jones The Lives of Christopher Chant Charmed Life Alan Garner The Weirdstone of Brisingamen The Owl Service Andre Norton the Witch World series Ursula K Le Guin A Wizard of Earthsea and its sequels Jill Murphy The Worst Witch series Brian Jacques the Redwall series Anne McCaffrey the Dragonriders of Pern Harper Hall trilogy Madeleine L Engle the Time Quartet Lloyd Alexander The Chronicles of Prydain Chris Van Allsburg The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Jumanji and Zathura The Polar Express Dorota Terakowska Lustro pana Grymsa The Mirror of mister Gryms Babci Brygidy szalona podroz po Krakowie Grandma Brygida s Mad Journey through Cracow Wladca Lewawu The Ruler of Lewaw Corka czarownic Witches Daughter W krainie Kota In The Land of the Cat Samotnosc Bogow The Loneliness of the Gods Tam gdzie spadaja anioly Where the Angels Fall More recent titles and series edit James Gurney Dinotopia series Philip Pullman His Dark Materials Clockwork and The Firework Maker s Daughter J K Rowling Harry Potter Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi The Spiderwick Chronicles Cornelia Funke The Thief Lord Inkheart series Dragon Rider Mary Pope Osborne The Magic Tree House series Tamora Pierce The Song of the Lioness Circle of Magic and sequels Jonathan Stroud Bartimaeus Sequence and Lockwood amp Co Rick Riordan Camp Half Blood Chronicles The Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Christopher Paolini Eragon Angie Sage Septimus Heap Erin Hunter Warriors Seekers and Survivors series Brandon Mull Fablehaven Beyonders and Five Kingdoms series Jennifer A Nielsen The False Prince trilogy Chris Colfer The Land of Stories Tui T Sutherland Wings of Fire series Shannon Hale The Goose Girl and sequels Princess AcademyReferences edit Nikolajeva 2012 p 50 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 6 7 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 p 12 Ashley amp Grant 1997 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 28 29 Townsend 2001 p 253 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 p 59 Nikolajeva 2012 p 51 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 p 115 Cecire 2019 pp 83 84 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 106 111 13 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 138 142 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 151 154 Beckett 2008 p 135 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 167 170 Beckett 2008 pp 117 138 Levy amp Mendlesohn 2016 pp 212 13 Lewis 1975 p 41 Sources editAshley Mike Grant John 1997 Children s fantasy In Clute John Grant John eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy St Martin s Griffin Beckett Sandra L 2008 Crossover Fiction Global and Historical Perspectives Routledge doi 10 4324 9780203893135 ISBN 978 0 203 89313 5 Cecire Maria Sachiko 2019 Re Enchanted The Rise of Children s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century University of Minnesota Press ISBN 978 1 4529 5943 6 OCLC 1097419657 Levy Michael Mendlesohn Farah 2016 Children s Fantasy Literature An Introduction Cambridge University Press doi 10 1017 cbo9781139087421 ISBN 978 1 139 08742 1 Lewis C S 1975 Of Other Worlds Essays and Stories Harcourt ISBN 978 0 15 667897 1 OCLC 1132332944 Nikolajeva Maria 2012 The development of children s fantasy In James Edward Mendlesohn Farah eds The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature Cambridge University Press pp 50 61 doi 10 1017 CCOL9780521429597 006 ISBN 978 0 521 42959 7 Townsend John Rowe 2001 Fantasy In Watson Victor ed The Cambridge Guide to Children s Books in English Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 511 07410 3 OCLC 436845497 Further reading editButler Charles 2006 Four British Fantasists Place and Culture in the Children s Fantasies of Penelope Lively Alan Garner Diana Wynne Jones and Susan Cooper Scarecrow Press ISBN 978 0 8108 5242 6 OCLC 470504975 Egoff Sheila A 1988 Worlds Within Children s Fantasy from the Middle Ages to Today American Library Association ISBN 978 0 8389 0494 7 Smith Louisa 1996 Real gardens with imaginary toads domestic fantasy In Hunt Peter ed International Companion Encyclopedia of Children s Literature Routledge ISBN 978 0 415 08856 5 Townsend John Rowe 1992 Written for Children An Outline of English language Children s Literature 25th anniversary ed HarperTrophy ISBN 978 0 06 446125 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Children 27s fantasy amp oldid 1195697547, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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