{"product_id":"fairy-tales-of-london-british-urban-fantasy-1840-to-the-present-paperback","title":"Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHadas Elber-Aviram\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the 21st century, \u003ci\u003eFairy Tales of London\u003c\/i\u003e explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H.G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China Miéville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHadas Elber-Aviram\u003c\/b\u003e is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame, London, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47410576982194,"sku":"9781350202825","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/89c483a513f473a57b40da8330031d7b.webp?v=1778288763","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/fairy-tales-of-london-british-urban-fantasy-1840-to-the-present-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}