I hope that some or many readers who drop by this site-something thank you very much, not going to get tired of reading one more entry on fantasy literature, in fact, is like a continuation or a sequel to the previous entry. I'm convinced that fans of this type of literature will find it very attractive this new entry and await the verdict indulgence of those who truly do not call too much attention.
Today wanted to tell you of another anthology of short stories and prose The common denominator of the fantastic, the supernatural or the magical and wonderful. That book is titled Anthology fantasy literature, and was compiled by Jorge Luis Borges , Adolfo Bioy Casares and Silvina Ocampo , the three authors Argentines and three lovers of this kind of novelistic fiction. This anthology can be found in the South American-Edhasa editorial was published in 1940 and again in the seventies, when the genre was very popular.
The anthology opens with a prologue to theoretical introduction gender. In these preliminary pages of the collection the authors provide key information about the history of fantastic tales and technique as well as for the selection of authors and fragments that are offered. The authors explain how and when they had the idea to do this work:
"One night in 1937 talked of fantastic literature, we discussed the stories that we thought best; one of us said if we put them together and we added fragments of the same type entered in our books, we get un buen libro. Compusimos este libro. Analizado con un criterio histórico o geográfico parecerá irregular. No hemos buscado, ni rechazado, los nombres célebres. Este volumen es, simplemente, la reunión de los textos de la literatura fantástica que nos parecen mejores. Omisiones. Hemos debido resignarnos, por razones de espacio, a algunas omisiones. Nos queda material para una segunda antología de la literatura fantástica. Deliberadamente hemos omitido: a E. T. A. Hoffmann , a Sheridan Le Fanu , a Ambrose Bierce , a M. R. James , a Walter de la Mare ".
Indeed, the excluded are famous names in fantasy literature and deserved to be included in the anthology, but that is the great defect of any collection, that means a screen on which it is not everything we'd like to get. However, the authors and selected works are good enough and representative enough to make the reader a fair idea of \u200b\u200bthe great landmarks of the genre.
These authors selected represent nearly every era and almost all countries. Inclusion in noticeable weaknesses Borges And Bioy Ocampo, but its taste is definitely valid and will not disappoint any reader, no matter how demanding it is. In the pages of this book brings together authors of oriental literature (as Rynosuke Agutagawa , Chuang Tzu, Tsao Hsue-Kin Wu Ch'eng or In ) of Arabic literature (the classic Arabian Nights ) English literature (as Max Beerbohm , Thomas Carlyle, Lewis Carroll , GK Chesterton, James Joyce , Rudyard Kipling or HG Wells, among others), literature French (as Jean Cocteau , Villiers de l'Isle-Adam or Guy de Maupassant ) English literature (as Ramón Gómez de la Serna , Don Juan Manuel or José Zorrilla ) and literatures of English America, especially Argentina narrative (as Bioy, Borges, Julio Cortázar , Leopoldo Lugones or own Silvina Ocampo), and includes stories and prose of German ( Franz Kafka) American (Edgar Allan Poe ) or Italian (Giovanni Papini ), to name the nations of the displayed more samples in this unique anthology.
well worth reading this book, for many reasons, chief among them being the high quality that they cherish all the stories and pieces together. In it we find stories of ghosts, supernatural, magical or impossible worlds, fear, intrigue, or suspense. So there is something for everyone within the vast field call 'fantastic'. All are admirable, but if I choose one, maybe I will stay with "The world's most beautiful story" , Rudyard Kipling, for being a really wonderful story, very suggestive and that will delight any reader who approaches her.
hope I have not tired with this new release on fantasy literature. I promise never to talk about this issue, except that any of you interested enough to make me relapse into the matter. I recommend you read this book. And for that, I leave here a link out of internet where you can find the complete anthology. Click on Anthology of Fantastic Literature , and take you to a page Argentina texts online where you can read the complete anthology.
Nothing more, friends. Thanks for your patience. All the best: that you spend a happy day, and enjoy these fantastic stories, now that we will celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls, party literature as conducive to fear, terror and the supernatural.
May God bless and see you soon, folks.
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