Yes, this was definitely a book bibliography focussed mainly on the types of books that would end up in libraries. And Sutcliff would likely not have been much exposed to the American pulp tradition. I know that there were plenty of American tales of superheroes, sword & sorcery, and weird fiction by this period, but I wonder what the popular traditions were in British fantasy?
"Then there's the 'all fantasy is for children' issue too"
She was writing during the Golden Era of children's fantasy (in my assessment). Given that she was being published as juvenile fiction, she must have been at least vaguely aware of the children's fantasy authors of that period . . . though whether she was reading them, I don't know. Some people stop reading children's fiction after childhood, poor folks.
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Date: 2020-11-26 08:01 am (UTC)Yes, this was definitely a book bibliography focussed mainly on the types of books that would end up in libraries. And Sutcliff would likely not have been much exposed to the American pulp tradition. I know that there were plenty of American tales of superheroes, sword & sorcery, and weird fiction by this period, but I wonder what the popular traditions were in British fantasy?
"Then there's the 'all fantasy is for children' issue too"
She was writing during the Golden Era of children's fantasy (in my assessment). Given that she was being published as juvenile fiction, she must have been at least vaguely aware of the children's fantasy authors of that period . . . though whether she was reading them, I don't know. Some people stop reading children's fiction after childhood, poor folks.