Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
Low Fantasy

Tagged: Theme.

The introduction to The Fantastic Imagination (anth 1977) ed Robert H Boyer and Kenneth J Zahorski defines High Fantasy and implies Low Fantasy as an antonymic description of fantasies not set in Secondary Worlds, nor elevated in their literary style. For example, the Samella sequence by John Brosnan (1947-2005) contains determinedly low comedy about Sex, flatulence and lavatories throughout, but its first book, Damned and Fancy (1995), is not Low Fantasy since the action occurs in a Fantasyland, while the sequel, Have Demon, Will Travel (1996), is Low Fantasy set in London. [DRL]