100 years ago, an iconoclastic British author pushed the boundaries of fantasy fiction and inspired a Who's Who of writers from different corners of the genre: from Tolkien to Lovecraft; from Robert E. Howard to Jack Vance; from Michael Moorcock to Neil Gaiman, just to name a few.
This video explores the works of Lord Dunsany and discusses what made him so influential and why he deserves to be read today.
0:01 Overview
3:14 Who was Lord Dunsany?
3:56 An unlikely writer
6:37 Literary reputation
7:42 Dunsany's style
10:05 Dunsany's themes
11:48 Early short fiction
19:24 Early novels
25:32 Jorkens tales
27:57 Later works
29:33 Dunsany's impact
31:37 Why forgotten today?
33:11 Where to find his works
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I've recorded an audiobook of Lord Dunsany's The Book of Wonder short story collection (14 stories), which is available for download at:
https://thelibraryladder.creator-spring.com/listing/the-book-of-wonder-by-dunsany
Two of the short stories from the audiobook can be listened to at:
https://youtu.be/1eLtmuoBCuI
https://youtu.be/BuQRlohB7NA
I also have a Ko-Fi.com page if you enjoy my videos and would like to buy me a cup of coffee: https://ko-fi.com/thelibraryladder
Artwork credits:
Arthur Rackham
Hidehisa Miyagawa
Sidney Sime
Tano Bonfanti
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