The Wood Beyond the World: Annotated Version with Foreword by Paul Di Filippo - Couverture rigide

Morris, William

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ISBN 10 : 1680577778 ISBN 13 : 9781680577778

Editeur : Wordfire Press, 2025

Synopsis

For lovers of A Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings, comes a book that pioneered the fantasy genre.

Published in 1894, The Wood Beyond the World is considered one of the first modern fantasy novels, combining a mystical world and supernatural elements.

For Golden Walter, reality only means heartbreak and conflict. He journeys beyond the edge of the world to find monstrous creatures, mysterious and powerful women, and deadly sexual tension.

Will Walter succumb to the seduction of the fickle but striking Lady or heed the warnings of her servant, the Maid, who holds her own secret magic?

William Morris brings us a world full of betrayal, magic, power, and love.

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À propos de l'auteur

In addition to designing textiles, such as wallpaper and stained glass, William Morris is credited with being the progenitor of modern fantasy. He was an outspoken proponent of socialism and vastly contributed to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production. His love of medieval art and literature is exemplified in his poetry and works of romantic fantasy. Along with designing decorative fonts for publication, he also produced translations of the Icelandic Sagas, and his was one of the first modern-English translations of Beowulf. While authors before him wrote fantastical tales, these were all set in dream worlds, the future, or foreign lands. Morris set multiple novels in entirely fictionalized lands, which he invented. He wrote in the style of medieval romances, and was influential for later fantasy writers, such as J.R.R. Tolkien.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wordfire Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1680577778
• ISBN 13: 9781680577778
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Éditeur: Iler Beth
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