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A portal-quest fantasy typically tends to be a quest-type narrative, whose main challenge is navigating the fantastical world. Notable examples include L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), C. S. Lewis ' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), and Stephen R. Donaldson 's late-1970s series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant .
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Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Portal fantasy (8 C, 56 P) R. Romantic fantasy (3 C, 2 P) S.
Fantasy is a vibrant area of academic study in a number of disciplines (English, cultural studies, comparative literature, history, medieval studies). Work in this area ranges widely, from the structuralist theory of Tzvetan Todorov , which emphasizes the fantastic as a liminal space, to work on the connections (political, historical, literary ...
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Sword and sorcery (S&S), or heroic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of romance , magic , and the supernatural are also often present.