Alveric, sonen till Erls härskare, får ett uppdrag av sin far; han ska ta sig till Älvlandet och gifta sig med Älvkungens dotter. Alveric låter en häxa göra ett magiskt svärd, korsar Älvlandets gräns, som är gjord av skymningsljus, besegrar magiska träd och fyra Älvriddare för att nå [...]
En av de största fantasyklassikerna nu för första gången på svenska! En tidlös berättelse om magi, om kärlek, och om vad trångsynthet och ogenomtänkta önskningar kan leda till, berättad på det mest blomstrande och sagolikt vackra språk som dödliga människor någonsin kan hoppas på a[...]
In his classic study Supernatural Horror in Literature, H. P. Lovecraft discusses the emergence of what he called spectral literature-literature that involves the gothic themes of the supernatural found in the past but also considers modern society and humanity. Beyond indicating how authors of such[...]
From the publication of his first book in 1905 until his death, Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was an immensely popular Anglo-Irish writer. He has long been admired in the realms of fantasy, horror, and supernatural fiction and was a friend and colleague of writers W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, James Stephen[...]
Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany (1878-1957) was a pioneering writer in the genre of fantasy literature and the author of such celebrated works as The Book of Wonder (1912) and The King of Elfland's Daughter (1924). Over the course of a career that spanned more than five decades, Dunsany wrote thousa[...]
The lord of Erl is told by the parliament of his people that they want to be ruled by a magic lord. Obeying the immemorial custom, the lord sends his son Alveric to fetch the King of Elfland's daughter, Lirazel, to be his bride. He makes his way to Elfland, where time passes at a rate far slower tha[...]
Collected here in this giant omnibus edition are twelve of Lord Dunsany's greatest books including 'The Gods of Pegana', 'Time and the Gods', 'The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories', 'A Dreamer's Tales', 'The Book of Wonder', 'Fifty-One Tales', 'The Last Book of Wonder', 'Tales of Three Hemisphere[...]
An inspiration to many for his style and prose, Lord Dunsany was a pioneer for fantasy fiction, inspiring such famous writers as H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman, to name a few. More than sixty years since its first publication, The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders is now once a[...]
An inspiration to many for his style and prose, Lord Dunsany was a pioneer for fantasy fiction, inspiring such famous writers as H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman, to name a few. More than sixty years since its first publication, The Last Revolution is now once again available to re[...]
"Sorglösa dagar på Yann och andra fantastiska berättelser" presenterar ett fylligt urval av Dunsanys berättelser från världens ände. Boken innehåller såväl Sidney Simes underbara originalillustrationer som kommentarer och efterord. Denna utgåva ger ett tvärsnitt genom Dunsanys m�[...]