Abstract
The standard canonical narrative of eighteenth-century English-language literature during much of the twentieth century, which still figures as part of the lens through which the writing of that period is quantified, conveys little that would suggest important ties to fantasy as demarcated in this study.
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Williamson, J. (2015). The Eighteenth Century. In: The Evolution of Modern Fantasy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137515797_2
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