Author Archives: James Dewar
10 Fantasies of History: Guy Gavriel Kay’s Synthesis of the Historical Fantasy Novel
10 Fantasies of History This is the 2012 honours thesis by Matthew Rettino written when while attending McGill University. Since the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, fantasy literature has simultaneously seen the rise of formulaic fantasy … Continue reading
Weaving Legitimacy: Kay’s Use of Mythology in The Fionavar Tapestry
This is an undergraduate paper by Adrienne Johansson written when she was at Wilfrid Laurier University. Guy Gavriel Kay’s The Fionavar Tapestry, undoubtedly the greatest fantasy trilogy ever written by a Canadian, consists of three books; The Summer Tree, published … Continue reading
Justinian Visited and Revisited
by Pierre-Louis Malosse translated by Morgon Mills This French paper first appeared in the French academic journal Anabases (Toulouse), 5 (2007), p. 229-235. You can read the original French version here. [Thank you to Pierre-Louis and to Deborah for the … Continue reading
The Other Side Of The Mirror: Tigana
by James Gunn This piece was written by Professor James Gunn as an introduction to a leatherbound edition of Tigana published by Easton Press, as part of a series ‘the leatherbound masterpieces of fantasy’. Thanks to Clinton Hammond for typing … Continue reading
Guy Gavriel Kay, La chanson d’Arbonne
This is an article by Nathalie Labrousse-Marchau, a French philosophy teacher, which appeared originally on her website. With thanks to Francois Vincent for the translation into English. Read it in English. Guy Gavriel Kay n’est pas un auteur de fantasy … Continue reading