Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories ed. Eric S. Rabkin (Oxford University Press US, 1979, 0-19-502542-3, $22.50, 478pp, hc, an)
- · Preface · Eric S. Rabkin · pr
- 3 · Introduction · Eric S. Rabkin · in
- 27 · The Sources of the Fantastic · Eric S. Rabkin · ar
- 41 · Genesis · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r)
- 47 · The Blackfoot Genesis · [uncredited] · ex 1892; a Blackfoot Myth.
- 53 · The Eye of the Giant · [uncredited] · ss Tales Told in Togoland by Allan Wolsey Cardinall, Oxford University Press, 1931; a Togoland Myth.
- 56 · How I Brought Death Into the World · Amos Tutuola · ss The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola & ed. George Braziller, Faber and Faber, 1952
- 62 · The Myth of Actaeon · Ovid; translated by Mary M. Innes · ss Metamorphosis by Ovid, tr. M. Innes, 1955
- 66 · The Myth of Narcissus · Ovid; translated by Mary M. Innes · ss Metamorphosis by Ovid, tr. M. Innes, 1955
- 72 · The Myth of Philomela · Ovid; translated by Mary M. Innes · ss Metamorphosis by Ovid, tr. M. Innes, 1955
- 80 · The Ghost Wife · [uncredited] · ss 1889; a Pawnee Folktale.
- 82 · The Magic Swan Geese · [uncredited] · ss Russian Fairy Tales ed. Aleksandr Afanasyev, Pantheon Books, 1945; a Russian Folktale.
- 84 · Why Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth (Ibo) · Chinua Achebe · ss Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, William Heinemann, 1958
- 87 · How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox · Joel Chandler Harris · ss 1880
- 89 · Paul Bunyan on the Columbia · Esther Shephard · ex Paul Bunyan by Esther Shephard, Harcourt Brace, 1924
- 96 · Little Red-Cap · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823, as by The Brothers Grimm
translated from the German (“Rothkäppchen”, 1812).
- 100 · The Sleeping Beauty · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823
- 104 · Hansel and Grethel · Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823
- 112 · The Tinderbox · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r)
translated from the Danish (“Fyrtøjet”, Eventyr, Fortalte for Børn. Første Samling. Første Hefte, C.A. Reitzel, 1835).
- 120 · The Tale of Cosmo · George MacDonald · ex from Phantastes, Smith, Elder, 1858; “The Magic Mirror”, from chapter 13.
- 141 · Leaf by Niggle · J. R. R. Tolkien · nv Dublin Review January 1945
- 161 · The Diversity of Fantastic Literature · Eric S. Rabkin · ar (r)
- 175 · Our Ideas of Time · Joseph Addison · ar The Spectator #94, June 18 1711, as “untitled (“The last Method which I proposed in my Saturday’s Paper”)”, uncredited.
- 179 · Ritter Gluck · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss (r)
translated from the German (Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung, 1809).
- 190 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death”
- 194 · The Garden of Live Flowers · Lewis Carroll · ss 1872
- 202 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939
- 208 · The Royal Banquet · Norton Juster · ex from The Phantom Tollbooth, Epstein & Carroll, 1961
- 214 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r)
translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816).
- 247 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 257 · The Picture in the House · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur July 1919
- 265 · The Hand · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ex from The House by the Church-Yard, Tinsley, 1863; originally published as Chapter 12, titled “Some Odd Facts About the Tiled House—Being an Authentic Narrative of the Ghost of a Hand”.
- 274 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Magazine January 1907
- 284 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895
- 294 · Golden Wings · William Morris · ss Oxford and Cambridge Magazine December 1856
- 311 · The Sword of Welleran · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908
- 325 · The Five Black Swans · Sylvia Townsend Warner · ss The New Yorker June 23 1973
- 333 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 343 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843
- 360 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897
- 372 · EPICAC · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Collier’s November 25 1950
- 380 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950
- 385 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955
- 393 · Modern Fantasy · Eric S. Rabkin · ar (r)
- 399 · The Judgment · Franz Kafka · ss 1913
- 410 · A Common Confusion · Franz Kafka · ss 1931
- 411 · Cockroaches · Bruno Schulz · ss The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, Walker & Company, 1963
- 415 · Pierre Menard, Author of the “Quixote” · Jorge Luís Borges · ss (r)
translated from the Spanish (“Pierre Menard, autor del Quijote”, Sur, May 1939).
- 424 · Axolotl · Julio Cortázar; translated by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967
translated from the Spanish (1956).
- 430 · Pastoral · Tommaso Landolfi · ss 1954
- 438 · All at One Point · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Playboy 1965
- 443 · There Is No Such Place as America · Peter Bichsel · ss 1969
- 450 · The Piano Player · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker August 31 1963
- 453 · Homage to the San Francisco YMCA · Richard Brautigan · ss Vogue July 1971
- 456 · The Marker · Robert Coover · ss 1963
- 460 · The Zebra Storyteller · Spencer Holst · vi The Language of Cats and Other Stories by Spencer Holst, McCall Publishing Company, 1971
- 463 · Annotated Bibliography · Eric S. Rabkin · bi
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