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Fantasy literature is many things to many people. This is to say that it is a genre difficult to pin down with any specific qualities, and includes subgenres as well. Basically, fantasy is the creation of a world that does not exist in reality. Perhaps it may exist in the future, and this is permissible in the genre. Fantasy literature can fall under other names too: speculative fiction, literature of the fantastic, even science-fiction (the two often intertwine) are just a few.
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Many scholars and fantasy fans look to J.R.R. Tolkien and his high fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings as the starting point of modern fantasy. But, fantasy literature was being written before Tolkien wrote his seminal work. Writers that came before and likely inspired Tolkien include George MacDonald, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, and even science fiction writer H.G.Wells. The myths and faerie-tales that have inspired much modern fantasy literature date back to ancient times, such as Beowulf, as well as Scandinavian, Celtic, and Greek mythology. But fantasy literature has come a long way since those traditions, and Tolkien is just the beginning. Many great modern fantasy authors have emerged since Tolkien's time, and many within the last two decades.
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