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Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
Escapism

Tagged: Theme.

A derogatory term much used in descriptions of genre literatures in general and fantasy in particular. It is a term, however, which more accurately describes the motives of the reader than the nature of what is read. The works of Jane Austen (1775-1817) are notoriously read for escapist motives. Within the structure of fantasy, the term Escape has a more particular meaning – not "the flight of the deserter, but the escape of the prisoner", as J R R Tolkien puts it. [JC]



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