ReEnchanted: The Rise of Children s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century

ReEnchanted: The Rise of Children s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century

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From The Hobbit to Harry Potter, how fantasy harnesses the cultural power of magic, medievalism, and childhood to reenchant the modern worldWhy are so many people drawn to fantasy set in medieval, Britishlooking lands? This question has immediate significance for millions around the world: from fans of Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Harry Potter, and Game of Thrones to those who avoid fantasy because of the racist, sexist, and escapist tendencies they have found there. Drawing on the history and power of childrens fantasy literature, ReEnchanted argues that magic, medievalism, and childhood hold the paradoxical ability to reenchant modern life.Focusing on works by authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Susan Cooper, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, and Nnedi Okorafor, ReEnchanted uncovers a new genealogy for medievalist fantasyone that reveals the genre to be as important to the history of English studies and literary modernism as it is to shaping beliefs across geographies and generations. Maria Sachiko Cecire follows childrens fantasy as it transforms over the twentieth and twentyfirst centuriesincluding the rise of diverse counternarratives and fantasys move into highbrow literary fiction. Grounded in a combination of archival scholarship and literary and cultural analysis, ReEnchanted argues that medievalist fantasy has become a psychologized landscape for contemporary explorations of what it means to grow up, live well, and belong. The influential Oxford School of childrens fantasy connects to key issues throughout this book, from the legacies of empire and racial exclusion in childrens literature to what Christmas magic tells us about the roles of childhood and enchantment in AngloAmerican culture.ReEnchanted engages with critical debates around what constitutes high and low culture during moments of crisis in the humanities, political and affective uses of childhood and the mythological past, the anxieties of modernity, and the social impact of racially charged origin stories.

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