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Fantastic and Fantasy literature

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Difference between Fantastic and Fantasy literature

Fantastic vs. Fantasy literature

The fantastic (le fantastique) is a subgenre of literary works characterized by the ambiguous presentation of seemingly supernatural forces. Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world.

Similarities between Fantastic and Fantasy literature

Fantastic and Fantasy literature have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): E. T. A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Poe, Fantastique, Gothic fiction, Mervyn Peake, Science fiction, Speculative fiction, Supernatural.

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (commonly abbreviated as E. T. A. Hoffmann; born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 177625 June 1822) was a Prussian Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.

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Fantastique

Fantastique is a French term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

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Gothic fiction

Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.

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Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre encompassing narrative fiction with supernatural and/or futuristic elements.

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Supernatural

The supernatural (Medieval Latin: supernātūrālis: supra "above" + naturalis "natural", first used: 1520–1530 AD) is that which exists (or is claimed to exist), yet cannot be explained by laws of nature.

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Fantastic and Fantasy literature Comparison

Fantastic has 33 relations, while Fantasy literature has 244. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.89% = 8 / (33 + 244).

References

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