Back Гарадское фэнтэзі Byelorussian Městská fantasy Czech Urban fantasy English Urban fantasy Spanish خیالپردازی شهری Persian Urbaani fantasia Finnish Fantasy urbaine French Urban fantasy Frisian פנטזיה אורבנית HE Urban fantasy Hungarian
Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that uses supernatural elements in an a urban setting.[1][2][3] The combination lets the writer create classic fantasy tropes,[4] plot-elements, and unusual characters without having to create of an entire imaginary world.
Urban fantasy became more popular in fiction during the 19th century.[5] [3] Much of its audience was created in the 1930s-50s. The genre's current publishing popularity began in the 1980s in North America, as writers and publishers began to write more Urban Fantasy because of the success of Stephen King[6] and Anne Rice.[7]
- ↑ Holmes, Jeannie (December 21, 2010). "Writing Urban Fantasy, Part 1". jeannieholmes.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ Datlow, Ellen (2011). Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. xii–xiii. ISBN 978-0-312-38524-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ekman, Stefan (2016). "Urban Fantasy: A Literature of the Unseen". The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 27 (3): 452–469.
- ↑ Barron, Kaelyn (2021-03-15). "15 Common Fantasy Tropes and How To Own Them". TCK Publishing. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ March-Russell, Paul (May 18, 2020). "Urban fantasy novels: why they matter and which ones to read first". The Conversation. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ↑ Morton, Lisa (July 10, 2013). "The H Word: The Horror of Small Town America". Nightmare Magazine (10).
- ↑ Sinclair, H. R. (June 11, 2014). "Understanding Urban Fantasy and Its Roots". Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2024.