[manticore]

can anyone tell me a site/online article where i can read about the origins of the fantasy genre?

of course, i already have lots of info from browsing the boards :) but still

[AuntiePam]

Well, I can't answer your question but I want to thank you for asking it, because I just spent a fantastic half hour or so searching for you, and I found *tons* of cool stuff that I'm going to check out further.

There's an Encyclopedia of Fantasy that looks to be a decent reference work -- it's at Amazon.

But this site --

http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Genres/Fantasy/

promises to be extremely interesting. I hope the url is clickable. If not, I went to www.google.com and entered the search words "fantasy literature history". Probably could have left out the "history" and gotten pretty much the same stuff.

[manticore]

thanks a lot. :D :cool:

tons of cool stuff is so right.

[Warewolf]

Very cool website that takes an academic look at the history of fantasy, including King Arthur, Robin Hood, The Song of Roland, Beowulf, etc.