Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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This video is the first part of looking into how visual art and fantasy literature are connected. It explores especially visual elements in fantasy books like illustrations, but also looks at graphic novels and other forms of more experimentel literature.

⏱⏱Time Stamps⏱⏱
00:00 Intro
01:07 Fantasy & Art
04:03 Illustrations
10:54 Alice
14:51 Ergodic Literature
16:05 Examples
30:20 Graphic Novels

Books Mentioned:
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Catherine McIlwaine: Tolkien Treasures
Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Rian Hughes: XX
Mark Z.Danielewski: Only Revolutions
J.J. Abrams/Doug Dorst: S
Neil Gaiman: The Sandman
Neil Gaiman: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Nedi Okorafor: La Guardia
Isabel Greenberg: The One Hundred Nights of Hero

Other Resources:
Gawain Manuscript
digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Browse/Collections/Gawain-Manuscript

Tolkien Estate:
tolkienestate.com/painting


Image Credits:
- Titlepage Sir Gawain
- Illustration Sir Gawain
- Aubrey Beardsley: The Mort D'Arthur
Public Domain
Faithful photographic reproductions of a two dimensional work of public domain art that is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
They are also considered public domain in the US

- The Mouse's Tale
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Licence


Music Credits:
Musik: Spirit Blossom
Musiker: RomanBelov
URL: pixabay.com/music/-spirit-blossom-15285