The Treasury of the Fantastic ─ Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature

The fantastic, the supernatural, the poetic, and the macabre entwine in this incomparable culmination of storytelling. Imaginative stories of wit and intelligence weave through vivid landscapes that are alternately wondrous and terrifying. Bringing together major literary figures from the 19th and 20th centuries—from Alfred Lord Tennyson and Edith Wharton to Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde—these masters of English and American literature created unforgettable tales where goblins and imps comingle with humans from all walks of life. This deftly curated assemblage of notable classics and unexpected gems from the pre-Tolkien era will captivate and enchant readers. Forerunners of today's speculative fiction, these are the authors that changed the fantasy genre, forever.

David Sandner is a writer, an editor, and a professor of romanticism and children's literature at California State University–Fullerton. He is the author of The Fairy Way of Writing and The Fantastic Sublime, and the editor of Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader. His poetry and fiction have appeared in Asimov's SF, Baseball Fantastic, Pulphouse, Realms of Fantasy, and Weird Tales. He lives in Fullerton, California. Jacob Weisman is the founder, editor, and publisher at Tachyon Publications. His writing has appeared in the Cooper Point Journal, the Nation, Realms of Fantasy, the Seattle Weekly, and in the college textbook, Sport in Contemporary Society. He is the series editor for anthologies including Crucified Dreams: Tales of Urban Horror, The Secret History of Fantasy, and The Urban Fantasy Anthology. He lives in San Francisco. Peter S. Beagle is the author of A Fine and Private Place, The Innkeeper’s Song, The Last Unicorn, The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche, Tamsin, and We Never Talk About My Brother. He lives in Oakland, California.