“As has already been noted, fantastic literature developed at precisely the moment when genuine belief in the supernatural was on the wane, and when the sources provided by folklore could safely be used as literary material. It is almost a… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
“As has already been noted, fantastic literature developed at precisely the moment when genuine belief in the supernatural was on the wane, and when… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
“Many of the best fantastic stories begin in a leisurely way, set in commonplace surroundings, with exact, meticulous descriptions of an ordinary background, much… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, the potential and actual importance of fantastic literature lies in such psychic links: what appears to be the result of an overweening imagination,… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
“The fantastic postulates that there are forces in the outside world, and in our own natures, which we can neither know nor control, and… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
“Fantastic literature has been especially prominent in times of unrest, when the older values have been overthrown to make way for the new; it… — Franz Rottensteiner Copy Share Image
