Mapping Fantasy: Fantasy and the Epic Tradition

Dr. Jay Gamble discusses the relationship between fantasy literature and the epic tradition, a tradition that includes works such as Beowulf, Homer's Iliad and Virgil's The Aeneid. Other fantasy writers discussed by Gamble in this fascinating presentation include Tolkien, Guy Gavriel Kay and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Dr. Jay GambleOctober 16, 2019Galt Museum & ArchivesGuy Gavriel Kay, Tigana, Beowulf, Fantasy, Mapping, Maps, Worlds Imagined, Jay Gamble, University of Lethbridge, Tolkein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Aenid, Virgil, Homer, Iliad, Epic TraditionComment