The fifteenth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, about James Branch Cabell's The Silver Stallion (1926), a satirical take on the medieval romance that goes to some truly wild places and deconstructs the ideological work of how (and why) men are made into myths.
Tag: Pub Decade: 1920s
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The King of Elfland’s Daughter” by Lord Dunsany
The thirteenth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at Lord Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924), a fairy tale mixed with a heroic romance that offers a cautionary tale of what happens when you invite magic in.
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “A Voyage to Arcturus” by David Lindsay
The eighth essay in my Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series, which looks at David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus (1920): a philosophical science fantasy novel about big existential questions, like “who the fuck is Crystalman?!”
Ballantine Adult Fantasy: Reading “The Worm Ouroboros” by E.R. Eddison
The second essay in Ballantine Adult Fantasy: A Reading Series, which looks at E.R. Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros (1922): a complex, challenging, rewarding, hero-obsessed novel.
Genre Fantasies 