Wizardry & Wild Romance : A Study Of Epic Fantasy

Introduction 11(4) China Mieville Author's Foreword 15(10) Origins 25(20) The Exotic Landscape 45(34) The Heroes and Heroines 79(30) Wit and Humour 109(14) Epic Pooh 123(18) Excursions and Developments 141(8) Sources 149(4) Appendices 153(36) Epic Fantasy - Review of The Broken Sword 155(4) Spaced on the Absurd - Review of The Velocity Gospel 159(4) The Experience of Dreams - Review of The Etched City 163(4) Patterns of Chaos - Review of White Apples 167(4) Metropolitan Dreams - Review of The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque & The Physiognomy 171(4) Romantic Disciplines - Review of Perdido Street Station 175(4) Mervyn Peake - Foreword to Vast Alchemies 179(4) Facing the City - Review of Veniss Underground 183(6) Afterword 189(6) Jeff VanderMeer Index 195(10) About the Author 205