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1969 anthology edited by Lin Carter
Dragons, Elves, and Heroes is an American
anthology of
fantasy short stories, edited by American writer
Lin Carter . It was first published in paperback by
Ballantine Books in October 1969
[1] as the sixth volume of its
Ballantine Adult Fantasy series .
[2] It was the first such anthology assembled by Carter for the series, issued simultaneously with the second,
The Young Magicians .
[1]
Summary
The book collects nineteen early fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introduction and notes by Carter. Many of the pieces are medieval in date, and none later than the 19th century. The anthology is a companion volume to Carter's subsequent
Golden Cities, Far (1970), which also collects early fantasies.
[1]
[2]
Contents
"Introduction: Over the Hills and Far Away" (
Lin Carter )
"The Ogre" - from
Beowulf , translated by
Norma Lorre Goodrich
"The High History of the Sword Gram" - from the
Völsunga saga , translated by
William Morris
"Manawyddan Son of the Boundless" - from the
Mabinogion , retold by
Kenneth Morris
"Puck's Song" (poem) - from
Puck of Pook's Hill , by
Rudyard Kipling
"Barrow-Wight" - from
The Grettir Saga , translated by
S. Baring-Gould
"Fingal at the Siege of Carric-thura" - from
The Poems of Ossian , by
James Macpherson
"The Sword of Avalon" - from
Le Morte d'Arthur , by
Thomas Malory
"
Tom O'Bedlam's Song " (poem), Anonymous
"The Last Giant of the Elder Age" - from
The Kiev Cycle , translated by
Isabel Florence Hapgood
"The Lost Words of Power" (poem) - from the
Kalevala , translated by
John Martin Crawford
"Wonderful Things Beyond Cathay" - from
Mandeville's Travels , edited by
Arthur Layard
"Prospero Evokes the Air Spirits" (poem) - from
The Tempest , by
William Shakespeare
"The Lords of Faerie" - from
The Faerie Queene , by
Edmund Spenser
"Tales of the Wisdom of the Ancients" - from
The Gesta Romanorum , translated by Charles Swan and revised by
Wynnard Hooper
"The Magical Palace of Darkness" - from
Palmerin of England , by
Francisco de Moraes
"Rustum Against the City of Demons" - from
The Shah-Namah of
Firdausi , in a version by
Lin Carter
"
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came " (poem), by
Robert Browning
"The Princess of Babylon" - from
The Romances of
Voltaire
"
The Horns of Elfland " (poem), by
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Untitled end note by
Lin Carter
Reception
The book was reviewed by Tony Lewis in
Locus no. 44, December 17, 1969, Paul Walker in Science Fiction Review , April 1970, Robert A. W. Lowndes in Bizarre Fantasy Tales no. 2, March 1971, Klaus Leicht in Magira no. 31, 1978, and
Everett F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction , 1983.
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Notes
Callisto
Green Star Mars Zarkon Zanthodon
Thongor
Conan
Novels Short works Collections
Kull Gondwane Terra Magica Kylix Other Collections Anthologies edited
Nonfiction Poetry