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Books I've Used for Teaching Fantasy

These are books |'ve used for various Science Fiction courses for adolescents in the last 40+ years. The beginning has resources. After that, the books are in chronological order until about 2018, with a few exceptions. At the end are three themed sections: (a) parodies, (b) books that live on the border of science fiction and fantasy, and (c) a few comic books from fantasy. Note that Elfquest belongs in (b) and (c). There are probably other titles in the mix that belong in (a), (b), or (c) that I either left in the general pool or forgot altogether.
I'd love comments or questions about the list or specific books. And if you have suggestions for inclusion, that would be great!
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The Hills of Faraway : A Guide to Fantasy (Diana Waggoner)
The Hills of Faraway : A Guide to Fantasy
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Diana Waggoner
Visions of Fantasy: Tales of the Masters (Asimov and Greenberg (Eds.))
Visions of Fantasy: Tales of the Masters
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Asimov and Greenberg (Eds.)
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (John Clute and John Grant)
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
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John Clute and John Grant
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy (Terry Pratchett)
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy
4
Terry Pratchett
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (Alberto Manuel And)
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places
5
Alberto Manuel And
A Study of Fairy Tales (Laura F. Kready)
A Study of Fairy Tales
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Laura F. Kready
Morphology of the Folktale (Vladimir Propp)
Morphology of the Folktale
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Vladimir Propp
The Shape of Fantasy: Investigating the Structure of American Heroic Epic Fantasy (C. Palmer-Patel)
The Shape of Fantasy: Investigating the Structure of American Heroic Epic Fantasy
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C. Palmer-Patel
Bullfinch's Mythology (Barnes & Nobles) (Thomas Bullfinch)
Bullfinch's Mythology (Barnes & Nobles)
9
Thomas Bullfinch
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
10
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
11
Homer
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
12
Virgil
Gilgamesh (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Gilgamesh
13
Tr. Stephen Mitchell
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
14
Anonymous
The Mabinogion (Lady Charlotte Guest [1838] (Trans))
The Mabinogion
15
Lady Charlotte Guest [1838] (Trans)
The Mabinogion
The Mabinogion
16
The Mabinogion (Evangeline Walton)
The Mabinogion
17
Evangeline Walton
Gisli Sursson's Saga & Saga of the People of Eyri (Surssonar)
Gisli Sursson's Saga & Saga of the People of Eyri
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Surssonar
Le Morte D'Arthur (Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
19
Thomas Malory
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
20
Edmund Spenser
Pentamerone
Pentamerone
21
Fairy Tales From the Past (Charles Perrault)
Fairy Tales From the Past
22
Charles Perrault
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
23
Jonathan Swift
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Achim Von Arnim, Clemens Brentano)
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
24
Achim Von Arnim, Clemens Brentano
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
25
Horace Walpole
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
26
Brothers Grimm
The Vampyre (John William Polidori)
The Vampyre
27
John William Polidori
Phantasmion (Sara Coleridge)
Phantasmion
28
Sara Coleridge
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
29
Hans Christian Anderson
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
30
Charles Dickens
Phantastes (George MacDonald)
Phantastes
31
George MacDonald
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
32
Lewis Carroll
The Water Babies (Charles Kingsley)
The Water Babies
33
Charles Kingsley
Dealings With the Fairies (George MacDonald)
Dealings With the Fairies
34
George MacDonald
At the Back of the North Wind (George Mcdonald)
At the Back of the North Wind
35
George Mcdonald
The Adventures of a Brownie (Miss Mulock)
The Adventures of a Brownie
36
Miss Mulock
The Princess and the Goblin (George MacDonald)
The Princess and the Goblin
37
George MacDonald
The Adventures of Pinnochio (Collodi, Carlo)
The Adventures of Pinnochio
38
Collodi, Carlo
Lob Lie-By-The-Fire, the Brownies and Other Tales (Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing)
Lob Lie-By-The-Fire, the Brownies and Other Tales
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Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
She (Haggard)
She
40
Haggard
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