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Anthology Title:
Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories • (1979) • anthology by
Eric S. Rabkin
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- xi • Preface (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 3 • Introduction (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 27 • The Sources of the Fantastic (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 41 • Genesis (King James Version) • (unknown) • short story by uncredited
- 47 • The Blackfoot Genesis • (1892) • short story by George Bird Grinnell [as by uncredited]
- 53 • The Eye of the Giant • (1979) • short story by A. W. Cardinall [as by uncredited]
- 56 • How I Brought Death Into the World • [The Palm-Wine Drinkard] • (1952) • short story by Amos Tutuola
- 62 • The Myth of Actaeon • (1979) • short story by Ovid
- 66 • The Myth of Narcissus • (1979) • short story by Ovid
- 72 • The Myth of Philomela • (1979) • short story by Ovid
- 80 • The Ghost Wife • (1889) • short story by George Bird Grinnell [as by uncredited]
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82 • The Magic Swan Geese • [Народные русские сказки?Narodnyye russkiye skazki• 113] • (1945) • short story byАлександр Афанасьев?Aleksandr Afanasiev(trans. ofГуси-лебеди?Gusi-lebedi1861) [as by Alexandr Afanas'ev]
- 84 • Why Tortoise's Shell Is Not Smooth • (1958) • short story by Chinua Achebe
- 87 • How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox • (1880) • short story by Joel Chandler Harris
- 89 • Paul Bunyan on the Columbia • (1924) • short story by Esther Shephard (variant of On the Columbia)
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96 • Little Red-Cap • [KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)• 26] • (1979) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. ofRothkäppchen?Rothkaeppchen1812) [as by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm]
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100 • The Sleeping Beauty • [KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)• 50] • (1979) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. ofDornröschen?Dornroeschen1812) [as by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm]
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104 • Hansel and Grethel • [KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)• 15] • (1979) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. ofHänsel und Gretel?Haensel und Gretel1812) [as by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm]
- 112 • The Tinderbox • juvenile • (1974) • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Fyrtøiet 1835)
- 120 • The Tale of Cosmo • (1858) • novelette by George MacDonald
- 141 • Leaf by Niggle • (1964) • short story by J. R. R. Tolkien
- 161 • The Diversity of Fantastic Literature (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 175 • Our Ideas of Time • (1711) • short story by Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- 179 • Ritter Gluck: A Recollection from the Year 1809 • short story by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Ritter Gluck 1808)
- 190 • The Oval Portrait • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- 194 • The Garden of Live Flowers • [Alice] • (1872) • short story by Lewis Carroll
- 202 • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty • non-genre • (1939) • short story by James Thurber
- 208 • The Royal Banquet • (1961) • short story by Norton Juster
- 214 • The Sandman • (1974) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816)
- 247 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- 257 • The Picture in the House • (1919) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
- 266 • The Hand • (1979) • short story by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (variant of The Ghost of a Hand 1863)
- 274 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
- 284 • Lost Hearts • (1895) • short story by M. R. James
- 294 • Golden Wings • (1856) • short story by William Morris
- 311 • The Sword of Welleran • (1908) • short story by Lord Dunsany
- 325 • The Five Black Swans • (1973) • short story by Sylvia Townsend Warner
- 333 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
- 343 • The Birthmark • (1854) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843)
- 360 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
- 372 • EPICAC • (1950) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- 380 • The Third Level • (1950) • short story by Jack Finney
- 385 • The Star • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
- 393 • Modern Fantasy (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 399 • The Judgment • (1948) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Das Urteil 1913)
- 410 • A Common Confusion • (1933) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Eine alltägliche Verwirrung 1931)
- 411 • Cockroaches • (1963) • short story by Bruno Schulz (trans. of Karakony 1934)
- 415 • Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote 1939)
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424 • Axolotl • (1967) • short story by
Julio Cortázar?Julio Cortazar(trans. of Axolotl 1956)
- 430 • Pastoral • (1963) • short story by Tommaso Landolfi
- 438 • All at One Point • (1968) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of Tutto in un punto 1964)
- 443 • There Is No Such Place As America • (1970) • short story by Peter Bichsel (trans. of Kindergeschichten 1969)
- 450 • The Piano Player • (1963) • short story by Donald Barthelme
- 453 • Homage to the San Francisco YMCA • (1971) • short story by Richard Brautigan
- 456 • The Marker • (1963) • short story by Robert Coover
- 460 • The Zebra Storyteller • (1954) • short story by Spencer Holst
- 463 • Annotated Bibliography (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
- 475 • Index (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) • (1979) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
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