https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw I chose to do Fantasy because I am reading a series of books that are fantasy and I have recently watched the Harry Potter movies. I really enjoy the endless imagination and magic in Fantasy. en-us 2018-10-18 01:16:47 UTC 2025-12-24 03:16:53 UTC hello@padlet.com josie_curtis https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/294655541 The fantasy genre was first created by George MacDonald in 1858. The Scottish author of such novels as The Princess and the Goblin and Phantasies, the latter of which considered to be the first fantasy. Although pre-dated by John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River (1841), the history of modern fantasy literature is usually said to begin with George MacDonald. ]]> 2018-10-19 01:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/294655541 josie_curtis https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/294657347 Fantasy has many generic conventions. Some are mythical creatures and races, enchanted scenes, it's mostly set in the past and magic.  Examples for mythical creatures and races are unicorns, dragons, elves and dwarfs. These conventions set the expectations of a fantasy text. ]]> 2018-10-19 01:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/294657347 josie_curtis https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/294662381 Fantasy was most popular during the 18th century. This is when it first took root with the increased popularity of fictional travelers' tales, influencing and being influenced by other early forms of speculative fiction along the way. Finally unfurling in the 19th century from a literary tapestry of fantastic stories and gaining recognition as a distinct genre in the late 19th century. ]]> 2018-10-19 01:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/294662381 josie_curtis https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/297202475 There were a few texts that started the fantasy genre. They are Princess and the Goblin and Phantasies in 1858, John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River in 1841 and in 1923 the first all-fantasy fiction magazine, Weird Tails, was published. All these texts developed and made the fantasy genre how we know it as today. ]]> 2018-10-25 22:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/297202475 josie_curtis https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/297204546 People love fantasy and there are many reasons for it. Once in a while everyone needs to escape their reality, fantasy is escapism in motion. Everyone loves magic. We all want a bit of magic in our lives, it is the reason fairy tales exist. Hope is our biggest addiction. Fantasy gives us hope that no matter how mammoth the odds are, how dwarfed you are by the super-villainous forces of your life, you can still win. Or at least, survive. These are just a few of the reasons why people love the Fantasy genre. ]]> 2018-10-25 22:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/josie_curtis/82020d9uu3tw/wish/297204546